Deck 13: Public Order Crimes

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

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

Answer 2

A

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

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 5

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 6

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 7

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 8

The arrest rate for prostitution reveals that the gender ratio is __________ female to male.

A)1:1
B)1:2
C)2:1
D)3:1

Question 9

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 10

__________ 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 11

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

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

Question 12

__________ refers to the rubbing against or touching of a non-consenting adult in a crowd.

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

Question 13

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 14

_________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 15

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 16

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 17

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 18

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

A)bar girls
B)skeezers
C)call girls
D)ehookers

Question 19

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 20

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 21

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

Question 22

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

Question 23

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 whish causal explanation of drug use?

A)social learning
B)psychological view
C)subcultural view
D)problem behavior syndrome

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

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% of the opium market were destroyed, the United States would still require only 10% 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 28

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

Question 29

Ethan Nedelmann 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)if mood-altering drugs were legal, juveniles would be less likely to use them.

Question 30

Feminists' sexual equality view considers the prostitute a victim of:

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

Question 31

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 32

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

Question 33

Obscenity is derived from the Latin word caenum that means:

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

Question 34

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 35

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

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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 38

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

Question 39

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

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

Question 40

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

Question 41

A number of different drug control strategies have been tried with varying degrees of success. Discuss these various strategies and their effectiveness.

Question 42

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

Explain the concept of social harm and discuss the contention by some scholars that public order crimes are not necessarily victimless offenses.

Question 45

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

Question 46

Why is it that the legislation of moral issues continuously frustrates lawmakers? How do public order crimes differ from other types of offenses?

Question 47

There are many different views on the cause of drug use. Explain the subcultural and psychological views of substance abuse causation.

Question 48

Using anti-smut or anti-gay marriage campaigns as your example, explain how moral crusaders seek to shape the law.

Question 49

The term "prostitute" encompasses a variety of categories. Identify and discuss the various types of prostitute that exist in the United States today.

Question 50

Describe the conditions necessary in a commercial sexual transaction (i.e., prostitution) and the current trend in arrests for prostitution.

Question 51

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

Question 52

Explain the origin of the words "pornography" and "obscenity" and discuss the current legal meanings of these terms.

Question 53

Discuss the issue of legalized prostitution, presenting the viewpoints of advocates for and against legalization.

Question 54

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

Question 55

Some sexual practices cause social harm and are outlawed and subject to state control. Identify and discuss these outlawed forms of deviant sexuality.