Deck 12: Crimes Against Public Morals

Question 1

Public morals offenses include which of the following crimes?

A) Obscenity, gambling, games of chance, and those crimes involving public corruption.
B) Prostitution, obscenity, pornography, gambling, and those crimes involving games of chance.
C) Prostitution, obscenity, gambling, and those crimes involving public corruption.
D) Obscenity, prostitution, pornography, gambling, games of chance, and those crimes involving public corruption.

Answer 1

Prostitution, obscenity, gambling, and those crimes involving public corruption.

Question 2

The U.S. Supreme Court decision Roth v. United States held:

A) that while the First Amendment protects material with even the slightest redeeming social importance, obscenity was utterly without redeeming social importance.
B) that the First Amendment does not protect pornography.
C) that while the First Amendment protects material with even the slightest socially redeeming importance and community interest, obscenity was utterly without value.
D) that a person may not be prosecuted for possession of obscenity in the privacy of his own home.

Answer 2

that while the First Amendment protects material with even the slightest redeeming social importance, obscenity was utterly without redeeming social importance.

Question 3

The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Memoirs v. Massachusetts held:

A) that for a book or other publication to be outside the protection of the First Amendment, it must be utterly without socially redeeming importance.
B) that for a book or other publication to be outside the protection of the First Amendment, it must be without socially redeeming interest.
C) that the First Amendment protects material with even the slightest redeeming social importance.
D) that a person may not be prosecuted for possession of obscenity in the privacy of his own home.

Answer 3

that for a book or other publication to be outside the protection of the First Amendment, it must be without socially redeeming interest.

Question 4

In Miller v. California, the U.S. Supreme Court:

A) established the present two-prong test for obscenity.
B) reversed prior rulings regarding obscenity and held that obscenity was utterly without redeeming social interest.
C) held that a person cannot be prosecuted for possession of obscenity in the privacy of his own home.
D) established the present three-prong test for obscenity.

Question 5

Which of the following cases established the current test to determine if material is obscene?

A) Roth v. United States.
B) Miller v. California.
C) Memoirs v. United States.
D) Bowers v. Harwick.

Question 6

The crime of prostitution:

A) is gender neutral.
B) punishes both partners.
C) may be applied to male prostitutes.
D) All of the above.

Question 7

The essence of the crime of bribery is:

A) the exchange of anything of value.
B) the agreement.
C) the involvement of public officials.
D) Both A and B.

Question 8

Games of chance are also known as:

A) gambling.
B) gaming.
C) numbers.
D) betting.

Question 9

Which of the following is not a reason why states are embracing "games of chance?"

A) Increased revenue.
B) Socialized gambling has been decriminalized by society.
C) Access to illegal "games of chance" is growing in the United States.
D) Legalization of state sponsored "games of chance" reduces illegal "games of chance."

Question 10

Which of the following gambling crimes does the federal government prohibit that are in violation of state or local law?

A) Online gambling.
B) Sponsoring an illegal state bingo.
C) Running a gambling boat.
D) All of the above.

Question 11

Why do the 8 largest U.S. credit-card issuing banks block credit card use for Internet gambling?

A) The Wire Act of 1971 prohibits it.
B) The federal government pressures the institutions.
C) Every state has criminalized Internet gambling.
D) A combination of federal legislation forces them to do so.

Question 12

What is the requirement for child pornography to be classified as obscene?

A) Any pornographic image of a child, whether actual or virtual.
B) An image of a child considered obscene even if the photo would not be considered obscene if the child was an adult.
C) The image must be considered obscene whether the subject is an adult or child.
D) Only images which unnecessarily harm a child.

Question 13

During which of these time periods were various forms of gambling prohibited in the United States?

A) The Great Depression.
B) After the Civil War.
C) In recent years, with Internet gambling.
D) Both A and B.

Question 14

What is the primary vehicle used to prohibit Internet gambling in the United States?

A) State and local laws, because they already regulate state gambling activity.
B) Common law, because it is a recent phenomenon and precedent is still developing.
C) Blockage of credit card use for Internet gambling by financial institutions.
D) Federal law, such as the Wire Act, the Travel Act, and the Illegal Gambling Business Act.

Question 15

There are two types of bribery.

Question 16

Extortion by public officers is the accepting of money or property to which a public officer is not entitled before the officer will accomplish a duty within his or her official capacity.

Question 17

Prostitution is the solicitation of or act of engaging in deviate sex.

Question 18

Obscenity is any description, account, display, or material depicting sexual activity that meets the three-prong test established in Miller v. California.

Question 19

Public morals offenses trace their roots back to the conflict between kings and church leaders.

Question 20

Possession of pornography is legal.

Question 21

Obscene material falls outside of First Amendment protections.

Question 22

The crime of obscenity is based upon community standards and prurient sexual interests.

Question 23

If pornography contains serious literary value, it can never be obscene.

Question 24

Prostitution prohibits the act of sexual intercourse.

Question 25

Virtual images of children are included in the Child Pornography Prevention Act.

Question 26

The state of Hawaii is the only state which restricts gambling.

Question 27

About $630 billion is spent annually in the United States on state-sanctioned gambling.

Question 28

There has been a slow increase in state-approved gambling activities since the time of the Civil War.

Question 29

At common law, bribery was punished as a __.

Question 30

The offenses traditionally referred to as "public corruption" crimes include ___ and bribery.

Question 31

Despite the increased legalization of gambling activities that are state approved, many states have enacted new laws __ Internet gambling

Question 32

The federal government prohibits gambling under Title __ of the U.S. Code.

Question 33

Social gambling has generally been decriminalized by __.

Question 34

___ is the crime of marrying one person while still legally married to another person.

Question 35

Prostitution is basically sex for __.

Question 36

The burden of proof is on __ the to prove that a pornographic image is of a real child under the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996

Question 37

Obscenity and __are two distinct concepts.

Question 38

"Games of chance" are being used by many states as a method to raise public __.

Question 39

__ law is the primary vehicle used to prohibit Internet gambling in the United States.

Question 40

__ is perhaps the best known of the public corruption crimes and is often associated with organized crime.

Question 41

__ is the crime of having more than one wife or husband at the same time

Question 42

Obscenity is material that lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific ___.

Question 43

__ is the crime of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a relative through blood or marriage.

Question 44

Match words with associated meaning, concepts, issues or principles

-Sex for sale.

A) incest
B) bigamy
C) polygamy
D) prostitution
E) child pornography
F) pornography
G) obscene material
H) Tropic of Cancer
I) Ulysses
J) Lady Chatterley's Lover

Question 45

Match words with associated meaning, concepts, issues or principles

-A term derived from the Greek words porne and graphein.

A) incest
B) bigamy
C) polygamy
D) prostitution
E) child pornography
F) pornography
G) obscene material
H) Tropic of Cancer
I) Ulysses
J) Lady Chatterley's Lover

Question 46

Match words with associated meaning, concepts, issues or principles

-Having sex with a relative.

A) incest
B) bigamy
C) polygamy
D) prostitution
E) child pornography
F) pornography
G) obscene material
H) Tropic of Cancer
I) Ulysses
J) Lady Chatterley's Lover

Question 47

Match words with associated meaning, concepts, issues or principles

-D. H. Lawrence

A) incest
B) bigamy
C) polygamy
D) prostitution
E) child pornography
F) pornography
G) obscene material
H) Tropic of Cancer
I) Ulysses
J) Lady Chatterley's Lover

Question 48

Match words with associated meaning, concepts, issues or principles

-James Joyce

A) incest
B) bigamy
C) polygamy
D) prostitution
E) child pornography
F) pornography
G) obscene material
H) Tropic of Cancer
I) Ulysses
J) Lady Chatterley's Lover

Question 49

Match words with associated meaning, concepts, issues or principles

-Getting married while still legally married.

A) incest
B) bigamy
C) polygamy
D) prostitution
E) child pornography
F) pornography
G) obscene material
H) Tropic of Cancer
I) Ulysses
J) Lady Chatterley's Lover

Question 50

Match words with associated meaning, concepts, issues or principles

-Having more than one spouse.

A) incest
B) bigamy
C) polygamy
D) prostitution
E) child pornography
F) pornography
G) obscene material
H) Tropic of Cancer
I) Ulysses
J) Lady Chatterley's Lover

Question 51

Match words with associated meaning, concepts, issues or principles

-Sexually explicit material that falls outside the protection of the First Amendment.

A) incest
B) bigamy
C) polygamy
D) prostitution
E) child pornography
F) pornography
G) obscene material
H) Tropic of Cancer
I) Ulysses
J) Lady Chatterley's Lover

Question 52

Match words with associated meaning, concepts, issues or principles

-Henry Miller

A) incest
B) bigamy
C) polygamy
D) prostitution
E) child pornography
F) pornography
G) obscene material
H) Tropic of Cancer
I) Ulysses
J) Lady Chatterley's Lover

Question 53

Match words with associated meaning, concepts, issues or principles

-Photo of a naked child.

A) incest
B) bigamy
C) polygamy
D) prostitution
E) child pornography
F) pornography
G) obscene material
H) Tropic of Cancer
I) Ulysses
J) Lady Chatterley's Lover

Question 54

Define obscene material.

Question 55

Define child pornography.

Question 56

What conduct constitutes prostitution?

Question 57

What are the defenses of the crime of bigamy?

Question 58

What were the key finding of the study on the enforcement of gambling laws in the major U.S. cities, funded by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration?

Question 59

Why is the United States considered as a nation of gamblers?

Question 60

Why are many of the Internet casinos located outside the U.S.?

Question 61

How does extortion and bribery differ?

Question 62

When a male solicits a prostitute for sex, what crime is committed by the male?

Question 63

At common law, what was the status of gambling?

Question 64

Jerry, an elected council member, agrees with the waste disposal company to vote in favor of an ordnance giving preference to the company. Has he or the company committed bribery or extortion?

Question 65

Why in most states, Miller's Tropic of Cancer is not considered as obscene?