Deck 12: Crimes Against Public Order and Morals

Question 1

The list of quality of life offenses includes public drinking and drunkenness.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Constructive disorderly conduct "tends to provoke or incite others to break the peace."

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The empirical research on the connection between violent video games and criminal behavior is mixed.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The U.S.Supreme Court has never struck down a vagrancy or loitering law.

Question 5

Disorderly conduct has a wide impact on the criminal justice system.

Question 6

Historically,men have been punished more for prostitution than women.

Question 7

The link between violent video games and criminal behavior is based on broken windows theory.

Question 8

Playing violent video games is only one of many risk factors for violent behavior.

Question 9

To be constitutional,time,place,and manner regulations must be based on the content of the speech.

Question 10

Under the Model Penal Code,fighting in public qualifies as actus reus for disorderly conduct.

Question 11

Expressive conduct is protected by the First Amendment.

Question 12

Crimes against public order and morals affect fewer people than the crimes against persons and their property.

Question 13

Commercial speech is protected by the First Amendment.

Question 14

The broken windows theory was originally proposed by Wilson and Mill.

Question 15

Vagrancy means to remain in one place with no apparent purpose.

Question 16

Most people are more worried about bad public manners than they are about serious crimes.

Question 17

Any examination of criminal law should ignore quality-of-life crimes as unimportant to early 21st-century life.

Question 18

Order and liberty are goals that can be inconsistent.

Question 19

Although it's a crime to buy and sell sex,it is not a crime to solicit prostitution.

Question 20

Disorderly conduct crimes are offenses against public order and morals.

Question 21

Vagrancy is a relatively new crime.

Question 22

States can control the time,content,and manner of panhandling,but not the place.

Question 23

​The Model Penal Code disorderly conduct statute requires the mens rea of

A) ​negligence.
B) ​strict liability.
C) ​recklessness or knowledge.
D) ​knowledge.

Question 24

According to the catharsis theory,"When people play violent games,they are able to release their aggression in the virtual world instead of the real world."

Question 25

​Broken windows theory is concerned with which of the following?

A) ​a direct link between disorder and crime
B) ​a direct link between prostitution and crime
C) ​a direct link between drug-dealing and crime
D) ​a direct link between pandering and crime

Question 26

​Broken windows theory connects serious crime with which of the following?

A) ​public drunkenness
B) ​prostitution
C) ​gangs
D) ​minor "quality of life" offenses

Question 27

​Laws targeting poor people's behavior,and the attitudes behind them,began to change during

A) ​the Great Depression.
B) ​World War II.
C) ​the Korean War.
D) ​the Civil Rights Movement.

Question 28

​Today,disorderly conduct crimes are most often referred to as

A) ​quality of life crimes.
B) ​public crimes.
C) ​disorderly crimes.
D) ​bad manners.

Question 29

Civil gang injunctions (CGIs)have been an unqualified success in controlling gang behavior.

Question 30

Order refers to the right of people to come and go as they please.

Question 31

The empirical findings regarding a link between minor quality of life offenses and more serious crimes are positive.

Question 32

​The Model Penal Code has limited modern disorderly conduct to three actions triggered by what?

A) ​subjective fault
B) ​objective fault
C) ​constructive fault
D) ​actual fault

Question 33

​"Quality of life" crimes refer to laws that are meant to control bad behavior in what location?

A) ​schools
B) ​public places
C) ​homes
D) ​government buildings

Question 34

​The broken windows theory was originated by

A) ​Wilson and Kelling.
B) ​Skogan.
C) ​Rogers and Hammerstein.
D) ​Johnson and Keslo.

Question 35

Discretionary decision making in the enforcement of minor crimes poses several ethical issues.

Question 36

​In an extensive survey of a representative sample of high- and low-crime neighborhoods in major cities,what topped the list of worries among all classes,races,and ethnic groups,among both men and women?

A) ​public drinking
B) ​loitering
C) ​prostitution
D) ​murder

Question 37

​In what case did the U.S.Supreme Court tighten the constitutional restrictions on loitering statutes?

A) ​Kolender v.Lawson
B) ​Mayor of New York v.Miln
C) ​Papischristou v.City of Jacksonville
D) ​Parker v.Municipal Judge

Question 38

The term "victimless crime" applies only to juveniles.

Question 39

All state and city governments have passed criminal laws to regulate gang behavior.

Question 40

Local government program's targeting "johns" may include car forfeiture.

Question 41

​The crime of vagrancy refers to

A) ​being poor and homeless.
B) ​refusing to take suitable work.
C) ​poor people roaming around without visible means of support.
D) ​people hanging around with no apparent purpose.

Question 42

​What is it called when a person is stopping people on the street to ask them for money?

A) ​vandalism
B) ​graffiti
C) ​littering
D) ​panhandling

Question 43

​In addition to criminal penalties,cities have also turned to what other remedies to control gang activity?

A) ​interlocutory order
B) ​mandate to cease
C) ​warrant to stop
D) ​civil remedies

Question 44

​Because begging is protected speech,attempts to regulate it must meet the requirements of which Amendment to the U.S.Constitution?

A) ​First
B) ​Fourth
C) ​Fifth
D) ​Sixth

Question 45

​First Amendment rights are virtually unrestricted in which of the following areas?

A) ​streets
B) ​airports
C) ​bus stations
D) ​subways

Question 46

​In medieval times,who had the power to try and punish crimes against morals?

A) ​government
B) ​king
C) ​ecclesiastical courts
D) ​monarch

Question 47

​How long have vagrancy and loitering been a crime?

A) ​at least 700 years
B) ​at least 800 years
C) ​at least 600 years
D) ​at least 900 years

Question 48

​The term "victimless crime" usually only applies to the conduct of

A) ​minors.
B) ​adults.
C) ​gang members.
D) ​minorities.

Question 49

​Which of the following is not an example of a "victimless crime"?

A) ​loitering
B) ​substance abuse
C) ​embezzlement
D) ​assisted suicide

Question 50

​The Ferguson,Missouri police department has been investigated for practices related to what?

A) ​racial discrimination
B) ​gang enforcement
C) ​public disorder offenses
D) ​vagrancy

Question 51

​What is the name given to the right of individuals to come and go as they please without government interference?

A) ​order
B) ​liberty
C) ​civil rights
D) ​breach of people

Question 52

​States can control the time,place,and manner,but cannot control the content of

A) ​panhandling.
B) ​prostitution.
C) ​loitering.
D) ​solicitation.

Question 53

​The Constitution does not permit a legislature to set a net large enough to catch

A) ​all possible gang members.
B) ​all possible prostitutes.
C) ​all possible rapists.
D) ​all possible offenders.

Question 54

​Discretionary decision making in the enforcement of minor crimes poses what kind of issues?

A) ​issues of disparity
B) ​issues of discrimination
C) ​issues of legitimacy
D) ​issues of disparity,discrimination,and legitimacy

Question 55

​Interactive Digital Software Association sued St.Louis County alleging that an ordinance in the County violated their First Amendment right to "free expression." The ordinance restricted what?

A) ​access to video games
B) ​panhandling
C) ​aggressive begging
D) ​loitering

Question 56

​States can control the following issues related to panhandling except

A) ​time.
B) ​content.
C) ​place.
D) ​manner.

Question 57

​In City of Chicago v.Morales,the U.S.Supreme Court held that the city's anti-gang ordinance was unconstitutional because it

A) ​violated equal protection.
B) ​discriminated against blacks.
C) ​unreasonably interfered with First Amendment rights.
D) ​was void for vagueness.

Question 58

​To deal with gang problems,many cities have utilized the civil remedy of an injunction to abate

A) ​public nuisances.
B) ​public order crimes.
C) ​quality of life crimes.
D) ​breaches of the peace.

Question 59

​Which of the following is not a factor used by courts when testing for the validity of a time,place,and manner regulation?

A) ​the content of the speech
B) ​a significant government interest
C) ​other channels of expression
D) ​the group/person making the speech

Question 60

​Courts began striking down vagrancy and loitering laws because they violated what doctrine?

A) ​void for overbreadth
B) ​ex post facto law
C) ​bill of attainder
D) ​void for vagueness

Question 61

​What type of crimes make it difficult to balance public good and individual privacy?

A) ​"victimless crimes" against public decency
B) ​sex crimes
C) ​aggravated assault crimes
D) ​Homicides

Question 62

​What type of officers deal primarily with prostitution crimes?

A) ​drug task force officers
B) ​vice squad officers
C) ​homicide detectives
D) ​neighborhood watch officers

Question 63

​The MPC limits conduct that qualifies as disorderly conduct actus reus to three actions.Which of the following is not one of those actions?

A) ​fighting in public
B) ​making "unreasonable noise" or using "abusive language"
C) ​creating a "hazardous or physically offensive condition"
D) ​panhandling

Question 64

​The Court has established a number of tests to determine whether ordinances violate the First Amendment guarantee of free speech.Which of the following is one of those tests?

A) ​to look at the place where the speech takes place
B) ​to look at who is speaking
C) ​to look at what is being said
D) ​to look at why the speech takes place

Question 65

​Based on his situation,James might be considered a

A) ​pimp.
B) ​vagrant.
C) ​prostitute.
D) ​gang member.

Question 66

​Historically,who has been punished the harshest for prostitution?

A) ​women
B) ​men
C) ​johns
D) ​pimps

Question 67

​What is the name of the injunction written by the city?

A) ​a civil gang injunction
B) ​a criminal gang injunction
C) ​a preliminary gang injunction
D) ​a preliminary criminal injunction

Question 68

​What type of activity is the officer engaging in when he stops to talk to the two men?

A) ​protecting public order
B) ​enforcing gang laws
C) ​enforcing drunk in public statutes
D) ​protecting the neighborhood from drug sales

Question 69

​Of the following ordinances,which is most likely to be of concern to James?

A) ​disorderly conduct
B) ​prostitution
C) ​panhandling
D) ​gang

Question 70

​In a constitutional democracy,"quality of life" crimes underscore the tension between liberty and

A) ​order.
B) ​freedom.
C) ​peace.
D) ​policing.

Question 71

​What civil remedy do cities use to control gang behavior?

A) ​injunction to abate public nuisances
B) ​injunction to abate public vagrancy
C) ​injunction to abate public panhandling
D) ​injunction to abate loitering

Question 72

​In 1941,the U.S.Supreme Court struck down a vagrancy statute that prohibited the importation of

A) ​paupers into California.
B) ​minorities into California.
C) ​gangs into California.
D) ​people into California.

Question 73

​How many types of prostitution statutes exist today?

A) ​one
B) ​three
C) ​two
D) ​four

Question 74

In practice,what is the most common use of disorderly conduct statutes?​

A) ​the ban on fighting in public
B) ​the ban on using "abusive language"
C) ​the ban on creating a "hazardous or physically offensive condition"
D) ​the ban on streetwalking

Question 75

​Based on the information provided,what crime could the officer charge Stephan and Tito with?

A) ​disorderly conduct
B) ​loitering
C) ​vagrancy
D) ​public intoxication

Question 76

​Which of the following is true of empirical evidence on the effectiveness of civil gang injunctions in controlling gang behavior?

A) ​Such evidence supports the effectiveness of civil gang injunctions in controlling gang behavior.
B) ​Such evidence does not support the effectiveness of civil gang injunctions in controlling gang behavior.
C) ​Such evidence is mixed regarding the effectiveness of civil gang injunctions in controlling gang behavior.
D) ​None of these answers is correct.

Question 77

​What are disorderly conduct crimes meant to control?

A) ​sexual intercourse
B) ​serious crime
C) ​sex crime
D) ​bad manners

Question 78

​Which of the following would be guilty of the crime of promoting or soliciting prostitution?

A) ​pimp
B) ​libertine
C) ​nymphomaniac
D) ​luddite

Question 79

​Noncriminal lawsuits brought by cities seeking restraining orders to bar gang members from gang activities are called

A) ​civil gang injunctions.
B) ​criminal gang injunctions.
C) ​preliminary gang injunctions.
D) ​preliminary criminal injunctions.

Question 80

​Disorderly conduct offenses are an important part of the criminal justice system for three reasons.Which of the following is not one of those reasons?

A) ​They affect large numbers of defendants.
B) ​They involve a great proportion of public activity.
C) ​They powerfully influence the view of public justice held by millions of people.
D) ​All of these answers are correct.