Deck 14: Public Order Crime

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of public order crime?

A) sexual assault
B) prostitution
C) burglary
D) arson

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following types of crimes represent the bulk of police work?

A) violent crimes
B) crimes without victims
C) juvenile crimes
D) status offenses

Answer 2

B

Question 3

All of the following are examples of folk crime except for ______.

A) tax offenses
B) gambling
C) property crimes
D) traffic offenses

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The proposal that unintended disorderly behavior can also signal that nobody cares about the community, leading to more serious disorder and crime, is known as ______.

A) the broken windows theory
B) the golden rule disposition
C) the "red light" effect
D) the undercriminalization effect

Question 5

All of the following are true regarding prostitution except ______.

A) prostitution was originally tolerated as a "necessary evil"
B) prostitution appears to be a problem unique to capitalist societies
C) prostitution appears to have declined since World War II
D) in most U.S. states, prostitution is considered a misdemeanor

Question 6

Courtesans in Japan are referred to as ______.

A) hetaerae
B) devadasis
C) geishas
D) lupanaria

Question 7

In the United States, prostitution is considered a ______.

A) misdemeanor
B) status offense
C) infraction
D) felony

Question 8

Which of the following was identified as being a key motivation for street prostitutes?

A) money
B) housing
C) desire
D) company

Question 9

Areas of vice are referred to as "red light districts" in reference to ______.

A) the tendency for most action in these areas to begin at dusk
B) the flashing lights of police cars
C) the signal lanterns of railroad construction workers
D) traffic lights

Question 10

In prostitution, which of the following is associated with the highest amount of prestige?

A) B-girls
B) brothels
C) call girls
D) streetwalkers

Question 11

Which of the following are common in seaport cities and areas serving military populations, such as in combat zones, or adult entertainment sections of some large cities?

A) B-girls
B) brothels
C) call girls
D) streetwalkers

Question 12

Which of the following types of prostitutes are most likely to have arrangements with pimps, who play the combined roles of managers, protectors, and pseudo-fathers?

A) B-girls
B) brothels
C) call girls
D) streetwalkers

Question 13

Since the '60s, the majority of street pimps have been ______.

A) Caucasian
B) Black
C) Asian
D) Hispanic

Question 14

Which of the following became a common setting for commercial sex in North America in the 1970s?

A) brothels
B) dance clubs
C) hotels
D) massage parlors

Question 15

Which of the following is used to refer to the customers of prostitution?

A) johns
B) new jacks
C) patrons
D) trick

Question 16

One of the biggest trends in prostitution has been a movement from the streets to ______.

A) brothels
B) hotels
C) the internet
D) casinos

Question 17

Which of the following refers to the attainment of sexual gratification by invading the privacy of another by viewing him or her unclad or in a sexual situation?

A) exhibitionism
B) masochism
C) sadomasochism
D) voyeurism

Question 18

Which of the following refers to the purposive public exposure of private sexual parts to elicit shock in unsuspecting victims?

A) exhibitionism
B) fetishism
C) paraphilia
D) voyeurism

Question 19

Which of the following involves obtaining erotic excitement through the perception and often collection of objects associated with a desired human sexual subject?

A) exhibitionism
B) fetishism
C) paraphilia
D) voyeurism

Question 20

Which of the following refers to sexual activity between individuals who are viewed as too closely biologically related?

A) incest
B) fetishism
C) paraphilia
D) voyeurism

Question 21

Which of the following refers to abnormal sexual practices involving sexual interest in nonhuman objects,and giving or receiving pain.

A) incest
B) fetishism
C) paraphilia
D) voyeurism

Question 22

Which of the following involves sexual arousal from the the perception of inanimate objects or articles of clothing usually associated with the opposite sex?

A) sadism
B) fetishism
C) incest
D) voyeurism

Question 23

Which of the followingr efers to the attainment of erotic satisfaction through suffering pain?

A) sadism
B) fetishism
C) masochism
D) voyeurism

Question 24

Which of the following is an example of a narcotic drug?

A) LSD
B) THC
C) Opium
D) Amphetamines

Question 25

Which of the following is an example of an inhalant drug?

A) nitrous oxide
B) morphine
C) mescaline
D) marijuana

Question 26

Which of the following made it necessary to obtain a doctor's prescription to legally possess narcotics and cocaine?

A) The Boggs Act
B) The Golden Rule Disposition
C) The Harrison Act
D) The Volstead Act

Question 27

The "Opium Wars" were fought ______.

A) in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1960s
B) by Chinese who objected to Europeans trafficking in opium in the 1800s
C) between Latin American drug cartels in the 1980s
D) by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics between 1980 and 1992

Question 28

Which of the following terms did Howard Becker use to refer to individuals who personally benefit from convincing the public to label the behavior of others as deviant or criminal?

A) criminal
B) delinquent entrepreneurs
C) moral entrepreneurs
D) outsiders

Question 29

Which of the following drugs became the drug of Hollywood, Wall Street, and rock and roll?

A) cocaine
B) marijuana
C) LSD
D) opium

Question 30

A major drug of concern in the twenty-first century is ______.

A) crack cocaine
B) marijuana
C) steroids
D) methamphetamine

Question 31

Which of the following concepts are used to describe those who have become dependent on opium, opium derivatives, and medicines that containe opiates?

A) withdrawl
B) syndrome
C) addiction
D) tolerance

Question 32

Which of the following takes place when the body requires larger and larger dosages of the substance to experience the desired effect?

A) withdrawl sydnrome
B) psychological dependence
C) addiction
D) tolerance

Question 33

Which of the following suggests that the effects of drugs lead a person to commit crime, mostly violence?

A) withdrawal syndrome
B) psychopharmacological explanation
C) systemic explanation
D) broken windows theory

Question 34

In the United States, public drunkenness is covered by all of the following laws except ______.

A) breach of peace
B) disorderly conduct
C) public intoxication
D) binge drinking

Question 35

The "noble experiment" and "great illusion" were both terms used to refer to ______.

A) the California cocaine project
B) the Netherlands' legalization of marijuana
C) Prohibition
D) red light districts

Question 36

Which of the following implemented the prohibition of alcohol in 1919?

A) The Boggs Act
B) The Golden Rule Disposition
C) The Harrison Act
D) The Volstead Act

Question 37

Which of the following phases of alcohol addiction involves occasional blackouts or amnesia, faking alibis, and a complusion to drink?

A) pre-alcholic phase
B) intermediate phase
C) crucial phase
D) final phase

Question 38

Which of the following phases of alcohol addiction involves occasional relief drinking as a means of alleviating tension?

A) pre-alcholic phase
B) intermediate phase
C) crucial phase
D) final phase

Question 39

Which of the following phases of alcohol addiction takes place when the loss of control becomes more complete and the drinker is no longer able to maintain a resolution not to drink?

A) pre-alcholic phase
B) intermediate phase
C) crucial phase
D) final phase

Question 40

Which of the following phases of alcohol addiction is characterized by the drinker's extensive emotional disorganization?

A) pre-alcholic phase
B) intermediate phase
C) crucial phase
D) final phase

Question 41

All of the following are outcomes of overcriminalization except ______.

A) laws are virtually unenforceable
B) penalties are often ineffective or inappropriate
C) laws tie up law enforcement agencies in thankless tasks
D) state interference makes matters worse

Question 42

______ refers to the process of lessening the penalties attached to particular offenses.

A) Decriminalization
B) Delegalization
C) Legality weakening
D) Morality weakening

Question 43

All of the following are arguments in support of decriminalizing many public order crimes except ______.

A) activities should not be the concern of the state and formal agents of social control
B) state interference with much of this behavior often makes matters better
C) such laws tends to accomplish little with those already favorably disposed to such activity
D) law enforcement officers' focus on public order crimes overburdens the system

Question 44

Which theory is best associated with public order crime?

A) developmental/life course
B) labeling
C) social disorganization
D) strain

Question 45

______ theory best explains most public order crime.

A) Social disorganization
B) Routine activities
C) Anomie
D) Societal reaction

Question 46

Most public order crimes ______.

A) arouse strong disapproval from society and result in harsh punitive measures
B) are regulated by federal laws
C) would be considered mala in se
D) would be considered mala prohibita

Question 47

In many victimless crimes, the offenders have customers rather than victims.

Question 48

Folk crime refers to relatively common violations that occur in part because of the complexity of modern society.

Question 49

Crimes without victims are described as "legislated morality" in which there is no identifiable victim other than the person himself or herself.

Question 50

A large decrease in crime in New York City in the 1990s was attributed to "zero tolerance" policies, although this reason is often disputed.

Question 51

Prostitution is sometimes referred to as the "world's oldest profession."

Question 52

The practice of prostitution emerged in the 1800s during the Industrial Revolution, and appears to be a phenomenon unique to capitalist societies.

Question 53

In some countries and most U.S. states, prostitution is a criminal offense.

Question 54

Escort services generally are fronts for prostitution in which clients may pay per hour for the company and "services" of usually attractive young women.

Question 55

The term trick is derisively used to refer to the fact that the hooker tricks the john into paying for what he should be able to obtain for free.

Question 56

The internet, cell phones, and escort services have all made prostitution more noticeable.

Question 57

Most instances of voyeurism are rarely committed as a prelude to more serious sexual attacks.

Question 58

Sadism refers to the attainment of sexual gratification by means of inflicting pain on others.

Question 59

Frotteruism generally involves the purposive public exposure, usually by males, of private sexual parts, to elicit shock in unsuspecting victims.

Question 60

Voyeurs attain sexual gratification by viewing others in an unclad state.

Question 61

There is often little relationship between the known harmful effects of a particular drug and its legal status.

Question 62

Howard Becker coined the term "moral entrepreneurs" to refer to individuals who are labeled as deviant by others.

Question 63

Addiction involves a physiological dependence commonly referred to as tolerance, in which the body requires larger and larger doses of the substance to experience the desired effect.

Question 64

The U.S. Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act requiring that all states set a minimum dirinking age of 18.

Question 65

Despite popular opinion, research has not clearly indicated that "problem drinking" is a major ingredient in crimes of violence.

Question 66

The National Minium Drinking Age Act sets the United States apart from other developed Western nations.

Question 67

The majority of homicides, aggravated assaults, a large proportion of rapes, and about half of all vehicular deaths are believed to be alcohol related.

Question 68

Alcoholism or problem drinking is no longer the number one drug abuse problem in the United States.

Question 69

Prohibition eliminated the alcohol problem.

Question 70

The pre-alcoholic phase involves occasional relief drinking as a means of alleviating tension.

Question 71

Secretive drinking, occasional blackouts or amnesia, faking alibis, and a compulsion to drink are accompanied by a loss of control.

Question 72

Problem drinking also known as alcoholism-a dependency on or addiction to alcohol.

Question 73

A large portion of offenders are reached by the criminal justice system or deterred by the criminal status of the offense.

Question 74

Most public order crime constitutes violations of legislated morality.

Question 75

The extension of the criminal law into appropriate areas of moral conduct criminalize activities and stigmatize their participants.

Question 76

Overcriminalization has led to a series of laws that are always enforceable.

Question 77

The issue of decriminalization is a matter of degrees of regulation or deregulation rather than of categorical legalization or illegalization.

Question 78

The degree of decriminalization does not vary with the type of offense.

Question 79

Civil commitment proceedings in which psychological treatment is prescribed are an important tool for the protection of society.

Question 80

Examination of the criminal careers of most public order offenders finds that most do not view themselves as criminals.