PPT-Prohibition and organized crime

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By Tyler sweet and Catherine jock Bonnie and C lyde Bonnie and Clyde were a very dangerous couple They were known for many killings and bank robberies They preferred

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By Tyler sweet and Catherine jock Bonnie and C lyde Bonnie and Clyde were a very dangerous couple They were known for many killings and bank robberies They preferred small gas station robberies were they could get away with it without being seen doing any harm . 4 minutes violent crime every 26 seconds property crime every 35 seconds burglary every 15 seconds fatality every 16 minutes person injured every 14 seconds roperty damage crash every seconds law enforcementreported crash every seconds CrimeCrash Clo 1920s economy. By 1924, the economy recovers and there is a lot less discontent in society. Canada enters a period of post-war prosperity. People begin to have money in their pockets again to spend on luxuries . Society of the 1920s. Prohibition. 18. th. Amendment/ Volstead Act. Ban on sale, manufacture, or transportation of alcohol. 1920-1933. 21. st. Amendment ended Prohibition. Prohibition. Volstead act prohibited sale of alcohol. By: Brock Wilson & Jesse Olmstead. A Little History On Prohibition. Prohibition was largely a struggle between ethnic groups.. In Illinois, for example, “fifty three per of state’s residents were either foreign born or the children of foreign born parents…” (Buenker 363).. Prohibition started in late 1919. Prohibition was started by groups against alcohol, including, The Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union. These groups made song stories magazines and newspapers to advertise their cause.. Wets vs. . Drys. Origins. Although the Temperance movement had been around for decades, it gained increased traction during WWI.. Rationing of grains (corn, wheat, barley) used to make alcohol. A “Women’s Issue”. Detective Constable Pierre Gautier. Crime Prevention Coordinator. Investigations and Organized Crime. Focus on Retail Security. 19. th. June 2014. Objectives. Target hardening. Shoplifting vs Distraction Theft. TYPES OF . CRIME. TYPES OF CRIME:. VIOLENT . PERSONAL . PROPERTY. WHITE COLLAR. PUBLIC-ORDER. ORGANIZED. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. VIOLENT PERSONAL CRIME . THIS CATEGORY OF CRIME INCLUDES ASSAULT, ROBBERY, AND THE VARIOUS TYPES OF HOMICIDE--ACTS IN WHICH PHYSICAL INJURY IS INFLICTED OR THREATENED.. . was to reduce crime and poverty and improve the quality of life. . by making it impossible for people to get their hands on alcohol. . This . "Noble Experiment". was a failure. . Midnight, January 16th, 1920, US went dry. . The End of prohibition. Prohibition Fails. Enforcement of Prohibition failed.. Smugglers brought liquor into the United States through port cities. Speakeasies opened across the country.. People throughout the country made their own illegal liquor.. Definition. the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of . alcohol in . the US between 1920 and 1933.. Beginning Ideas of Prohibition. Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Fought for Prohibition. “Silent Cal” Becomes President. “The business of America is Business”. Coolidge believed in little government intervention in the economy. Said very little. Silent Cal Gives the People what They Want – laissez-faire!. II International Forum on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy. April 19, 2017. The IPR Center . Mission. : To promote national . security by protecting the public’s health and . safety, U.S. economy, military, and to stop predatory . PROHIBITION IN PRACTICE. ENFORCING THE NEW PROHIBITION LAW PROVED TO BE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE, AS MAKING, TRANSPORTING, AND SELLING ALCOHOL WAS ILLEGAL, BUT DRINKING IT WAS NOT.. PROHIBITION GAVE RISE TO HUGE SMUGGLING OPERATIONS, AS ALCOHOL SLIPPED INTO THE COUNTRY THROUGH STATES LIKE MICHIGAN ON THE CANADIAN BORDER..

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