Deck 13: Public Order Crimes

Question 1

When governments legalize prostitution, it leads to a massive expansion of the trade, both legal and illegal.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Unless you have a legal duty to do so, it is not a crime to ignore a drowning child.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The First Amendment's guarantee of right to free speech makes it difficult to control obscene material.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Evidence indicates that kiddie porn is not linked to child abuse.

Question 5

Today, the act of prostitution includes three elements: activity that has sexual significance for the prostitute, economic indifference, and emotional attachment.

Question 6

One of the most high-profile cases of pedophilia among the Catholic Church involved Fr. James Porter, who was convicted of molesting over 200 children of both sexes over a 30-year period.

Question 7

When paraphilias are engaged in by adults in the privacy of their homes they remain outside the law's reach.

Question 8

Source control strategies can undermine the economies of third-world nations.

Question 9

Bar girls are the aristocrats of prostitution, charging customers thousands of dollars per night.

Question 10

The free choice view is that prostitution, if freely chosen, expresses women's equality and is not a symptom of subjugation.

Question 11

While the nation is still "at war with drugs," a positive sign can be found in the nearly 200 percent reduction in hospital visits for drug-related illness over the last decade.

Question 12

There is little enforcement of obscenity laws in cases involving adults, almost all enforcement involves child pornography ​

Question 13

Some acts that cause enormous amounts of social harm are perfectly legal.

Question 14

The earliest record of prostitution appears in ancient Mesopotamia, where priests engaged in sex to promote fertility in the community.

Question 15

Moral crusaders seek to shape the law toward objective, universal standards of right and wrong.

Question 16

The Supreme Court has ruled that material is obscene if it has prurient sexual content and is devoid of social value.

Question 17

Public order crimes are outlawed because they threaten the general well-being of society and challenge society's accepted moral principles.

Question 18

Pornography, while offensive to many, has declined in popularity over the last decade due to technological advances which have made it obsolete.

Question 19

Exhibitionism is the deriving of sexual pleasure from rubbing against a nonconsenting person in a crowd, elevator, or other public place.

Question 20

Paraphilias are deviant sexual acts such as exhibitionism and voyeurism. Many are considered crimes.

Question 21

Fewer kids are drinking today than 20 years ago.

Question 22

__________ refers to the rubbing against or touching of a nonconsenting adult in a crowd.

A) Exhibitionism
B) Frotteurism
C) Pedophilia
D) Voyeurism

Question 23

While few people die from smoking marijuana, there are about 40,000 drug-related deaths each year in the United States.

Question 24

The subcultural view of drug abuse causation has an environmental basis.

Question 25

According to the theory of social harm, immoral acts can be distinguished from crimes on the basis of the ____they cause.

A) social outrage
B) injury
C) financial loss
D) depravity

Question 26

One victory in the war on drugs is that the price of illegal narcotics, such as crack cocaine and heroin, have drifted upward as supplies have dwindled due to proactive antidrug strategies.

Question 27

The movement to ban gay marriage in California that led to the passage of Proposition 8 is an example of a/an _____.

A) moral crusade.
B) religious policy.
C) ethical mandate.
D) social campaign.

Question 28

People who seek to control or criminalize deviant behaviors in accordance with their own way of thinking are called ______.

A) moralists.
B) moral entrepreneurs
C) power seekers
D) social activists

Question 29

Drug use among teens has declined significantly, and marijuana, which remains the most popular drug by far of teens, has declined in use in 2014 after rising for the past three years.

Question 30

__________ are behaviors outlawed because they are a threat to the general well-being of society and challenge accepted moral principles.

A) Moral order crimes
B) Civic deviances
C) Public order crimes
D) Ethical deviances

Question 31

Of all the commonly practiced paraphilias, which causes the general public the most concern?

A) Pedophilia
B) Frotteurism
C) Sadomasochism
D) Exhibitionism

Question 32

Of the overall costs associated with drug and alcohol abuse, tobacco ranks first, ahead of alcohol and illicit drug use.

Question 33

Which of the following statements is accurate?

A) Societies usually encourage behaviors that lawmakers consider dangerous.
B) The line between behaviors that are immoral and those that are criminal are often blurred.
C) People with religious beliefs rarely engage in moral crusades.
D) Most behaviors are declared criminal before they are deemed immoral.

Question 34

In 1933, the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution repealed Prohibition ​

Question 35

While over the last decade drug-related deaths have increased, emergency room visits for drug abuse have decreased by nearly 60 percent.

Question 36

Attaining sexual pleasure through sexual activity with prepubescent children is referred to as ______.

A) frotteurism
B) pedophilia
C) voyeurism
D) sadomasochism

Question 37

Opium was first discovered in 1887 by Josef Mendelson as a derivative for the harsh medications used for relaxation at the time.

Question 38

Your neighbor obtains sexual pleasure from spying on strangers while they disrobe. This neighbor is a/an ______.

A) exhibitionist.
B) frotteurist.
C) pedophile.
D) voyeur.

Question 39

According to legal scholar, Morris Cohen, why should victimless crimes be criminally prohibited?

A) Because then moral crusaders would not get to define the law
B) Because victimless crimes are highly immoral just like "street crimes."
C) Because one of the functions of criminal law is to express the public's shared sense of morality
D) Because victimless crimes cause social harm and all acts that cause social harm are criminally prohibited

Question 40

Of the drug control strategies, evaluations of drug education programs have shown the most effectiveness as reducing drug use.

Question 41

Which of the following is not a condition present in a commercial sexual transaction?

A) Activity that has sexual significance for the customer
B) Economic transaction
C) Felonious violence
D) Emotional indifference

Question 42

Tying drug use to factors such as racial prejudice, low self-esteem, poor socioeconomic status, and the high levels of mistrust, negativism, and defiance found in impoverished areas describes which causal explanation of drug use?

A) Social learning
B) Psychological view
C) Subcultural view
D) Problem behavior syndrome

Question 43

_________is a disturbing behavior whereby men travel overseas to places such as Thailand in order to engage in illicit sexual behavior with young girls who have been sold into prostitution.

A) Pedophilia tourism
B) Pedophilia trafficking
C) Sex tourism
D) Sex trafficking

Question 44

What was the significance of the Mann Act of 1925?

A) ​It prohibited bringing women into the country for the purpose of prostitution.
B) ​It made the possession and distribution of cocaine, a drug previously used as a pain reliever, a federal crime.
C) ​It set the standard for obscenity in cases involving pornography.
D) ​It made prostitution legal in three counties within the state of Nevada.

Question 45

Which category of prostitute is considered the least attractive, lowest paid, and most vulnerable, regardless of whether the prostitute is male or female?

A) Brothel prostitutes
B) Streetwalkers
C) Escorts
D) Circuit travelers

Question 46

After World War I, prostitution became associated with ____, and the desire to protect young servicemen from harm helped to end all experiments with legalization in the United States.

A) organized crime
B) immorality
C) violence
D) disease

Question 47

What does research indicate about the effects of legalizing prostitution?

A) Legalization leads to zoned areas where prostitution is cordoned off from suburban neighborhoods.
B) Legalization results in lower pay but increased freedom for prostitutes.
C) Legalization protects women from violence, verbal abuse, and physical injuries.
D) Legalization leads to massive expansion of the trade, both legal and illegal.

Question 48

The aristocrats of prostitution are _____ who charge customers thousands of dollars per night and who may net over $200,000 per year.

A) streetwalkers
B) circuit travelers
C) Ehookers
D) call girls

Question 49

Feminists' sexual equality view considers the prostitute a victim of ______.

A) child sexual abuse
B) economic circumstances
C) male dominance
D) personal choices

Question 50

Which issue presents an obstacle to controlling drugs via source control strategies?

A) The drug trade is an important source of foreign revenue and source control undermines third-world economies.
B) The amount of foreign grown narcotics is so vast that even if 75 percent of the opium market were destroyed, the United States would still require only 10 percent of the remainder to sustain its drug trade.
C) Even if the government of one nation were willing to cooperate in vigorous drug suppression efforts, other nations would be eager to cash in on the drug trade void.
D) These are all issues that present obstacles to controlling drugs via source control strategies.

Question 51

Border patrols are examples of ________ strategies aimed at stopping drug use.

A) rehabilitation
B) interdiction
C) restorative
D) diversion

Question 52

Which of the following is a contention of opponents of pornography?

A) Pornography has increased racism in the United States.
B) Pornography is allowable if sold only in adult book stores.
C) Pornography serves to encourage women to enter pornographic industries.
D) Pornography degrades both the people who are participants and the public who are sometimes forced to see it.

Question 53

Which category of prostitute is believed to be responsible for the recent upsurge in prostitution?

A) Bar girls
B) Tooters
C) Call girls
D) Cyberprostitutes

Question 54

Problem behavior syndrome contends that ______.

A) genetics hold the key to addiction
B) the neighborhood is the primary determinant of substance abuse
C) substance abuse is linked to impaired cognitive functioning
D) substance abuse is just one of many problem behaviors

Question 55

Modern commercial sex appears to have its roots in ancient _____ where Solon established licensed brothels in 500 BC.

A) Rome
B) Greece
C) Mesopotamia
D) Persia

Question 56

Which of the following is not true about pornography

A) ​Legal restrictions have made the prosecution of possession of pornography difficult especially for material involving children
B) ​The scientific evidence linking pornography to violence is mixed.
C) ​Sexually explicit films make up 15-30 percent of the home rental market.
D) ​The Court redefined its measure of obscenity in the case of Miller v. California.

Question 57

The __________ Amendment right to free speech makes legal control of pornography quite difficult.

A) First
B) Second
C) Fourth
D) Sixth

Question 58

International trafficking in prostitution flourishes. Hundreds of thousands of children and women, primarily from _________, are abducted or lured by the promise of good jobs and, instead, end up in the sex trade in industrialized countries including the United States.

A) Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe
B) Western Europe and South Africa
C) South Africa and Southeast Asia
D) Eastern Europe and South Africa

Question 59

Obscenity is derived from the Latin word caenum that means _____________.

A) perversion
B) filth
C) illegal
D) twisted

Question 60

Prostitution is illegal in all states except Nevada where licensed and highly regulated brothels can operate as business enterprises in ______.

A) rural counties
B) hotel casinos
C) Las Vegas and Reno
D) private residences

Question 61

Gloria would most likely fit into which category of prostitute?

A) Bar girl
B) ​Brothel prostitute
C) ​Call girl
D) ​Street walker

Question 62

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in _______________ that state-level bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional.

Question 63

Public order crimes often trace their origin to moral crusaders who seek to shape the law to reflect their own way of thinking. They are called ___________________.

Question 64

_____________ refers to the bizarre or abnormal sexual practices that may involve nonhuman objects, humiliation or children.

Question 65

___________ is described as sexually explicit books, magazines, films, and DVDs, intended to provide sexual excitement for paying customers.

Question 66

Gloria is a 22-year-old woman from Florida who is attempting to finish college. She is studying to become a nurse. She began dancing as an exotic dancer at a gentlemen's club when she turned 20 to help pay for her tuition. Answer the following questions. After dancing for roughly a year, Gloria heard several of the other girls talk about prostitution. Gloria believed she could make more money by being both an exotic dancer and as an escort. Her belief most likely fits the view of prostitution called the ___________.

A) ​free choice view
B) ​sexual equality view
C) ​sexual inequality view
D) ​rational choice view

Question 67

One of Gloria's regular clients likes to participate in an outlawed paraphilia that involves deriving pleasure from receiving pain from Gloria and inflicting pain on her as well. This ​is called _______.

A) ​sadomasochism
B) ​exhibitionism
C) ​frotteurism
D) ​voyeurism

Question 68

Prostitution is illegal in all states except ___________, where licensed and highly regulated brothels can operate as business enterprises in rural counties.

Question 69

Attaining sexual pleasure through sexual activity with prepubescent children is known as ________________.

Question 70

Ethan Nadelmann argues that drugs should be legalized because ______.

A) legalization will increase the price of drugs making it too costly for people to use drugs.
B) the use of mood-altering substances is customary in almost all human societies.
C) taxes the government could charge on drugs would help pay for drug prevention and treatment.
D) we should be free.

Question 71

Behavior that is outlawed because it threatens the general well-being of society and challenges its accepted moral principles are called __________________ ​

Question 72

Public order crimes that violate the moral order but have no intended harmed party other than society are referred to as ________________ crimes.

Question 73

To convict a person of obscenity, the Court uses the ______________ doctrine, where the state or local jurisdiction must specifically define obscene conduct in its statute, and the pornographer must engage in that behavior.

Question 74

The ________________ view considers the prostitute a victim of male dominance and a clear example of gender exploitation.

Question 75

A personal trait characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on mood-altering substances is called ___________________.

Question 76

_________________ are a form of prostitute who spend their time in alcoholic establishments drinking and waiting to be picked up by customers.

Question 77

Prostitutes known as ______ move around in groups of two or three to lumber, labor, and agricultural camps exchanging sex for cash.

Question 78

The granting of nonmartial sexual access for remuneration ​is known as __________________

Question 79

Material that violates community standards of morality or decency is said to be __________________​

Question 80

________________ refers to the injury caused to others by willful wrongful conduct.