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    In the early 1920’s many women pushed for prohibition. Prohibition was the nationwide ban of alcohol to prevent women from being brutally abused by their husbands. The concept of outlawing alcohol was controversial during the 1920’s‚ and did not work very well. People still consumed alcohol even though it was illegal. Some states did not enforce prohibition because they did not have enough money to pay for the enforcements‚ and when enforcements were hired‚ many of them accepted bribes to ‘look the

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    Rise of Islam

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    The Spread of Islam started shortly after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 632. During his lifetime‚ the community of Muhammad‚ the ummah‚ was established in the Arabian Peninsula by means of conversion to Islam and conquering of territory. In the first centuries conversion to Islam followed the rapid growth of the Islamic world under the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphs. Muslim dynasties were soon established and subsequent empires such as those of the Abbasids‚ Almoravids‚ Seljuk Turks

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    its mind? America changed its mind and repealed Prohibition for three reasons; crime‚ law enforcement‚ and economics. The first reason Americans changed their minds about Prohibition was that it led to many crimes. For instance‚ the rate in homicides had risen during Prohibition. According to statistics from 1918-1940‚ homicide rates before Prohibition was 7 per 100‚000 people. During Prohibition rates went up to 10 per 100‚000 people (Doc. B). Crime

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    EXPLANATION OF KEY TERM “Drinking age prohibition” was counterproductive in the 1850’s and 1920’s. Nothing has changed (Scrivo‚ 1998‚ n.p.). ARTICLE SUMMARY In the article “Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Opinion Based Upon Research‚” Karen Scrivo from Indiana University in Bloomington supports her rational claim that the state of Indiana should lower the legal drinking age to 18 or 19. Prohibition is counterproductive because it lowers the percentages of young‚ responsible drinkers

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    Crime Vs Female Crime

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    The study period say that males were seen to be more likely than females to commit crime. In 2005‚ males were actually 10 times more likely than females to commit murder. A breakdown of the murders into gender and circumstance and gender and weapon gives further insight into male offender violence compared to female offender violence “(Prinz‚ 2012)”. Males were more likely than females to commit homicide during arguments‚ using a gun and commit felony murder and to be a multiple offender. These statistics

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    Why did Prohibition fail? Prohibition took place in January 1920 with the 18th amendment and ended in December 1933 with the 21st amendment. Prohibition was the period of time in the USA where making‚ transporting‚ distributing or selling alcohol was illegal. Prohibition failed because the crime rates went up‚ the authorities were corrupted‚ there was a lack of public support‚ there was problems with enforcing it‚ big businesses started booming when bootleggers came in and the profits that the

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    social norms and laws that are often customary within the cultural environment. However‚ prostitution and drug crimes are often viewed as victimless crimes because it is believed these crimes do not cause harm to innocent victims; although‚ might ask whether or not public crimes are victimless. Such acts are founded in deeds of prostitution and drugs related to national and international crime networks. These acts are all influenced by the political‚ economic‚ and social relations intertwined

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