Criminology: Chapter 14 Public Order Crime, Sex And Substance Abuse

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Public Order Crimes

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Acts that are considered illegal because they threaten the general well-being of society and challenge its accepted moral principles. Prostitution, drug use, and the sale of pornography are considered public order crimes.

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Social Harm

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A view that behaviors harmful to other people and society in general must be controlled. These acts are usually outlawed, but some acts that cause enormous amounts of social harm are perfectly legal, such as the consumption of tobacco and alcohol.

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Vigilantes

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Individuals who go on moral crusades without any authorization from legal authorities. The assumption is that it is okay to take matters into your own hands if the cause is right and the target is immoral.

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Moral Crusaders

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People who strive to stamp out behavior they find objectionable. Typically, moral crusaders are directed at public order crimes, such as drug abuse or pornography.

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Moral Entrepreneurs

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Interest groups that attempt to control social life and the legal order in such a way as to promote their own personal set of moral values. People who use their influence to shape the legal process in ways they see fit.

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Paraphilias

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Bizarre or abnormal sexual practices that may involve recurrent sexual urges focused on objects, humiliation, or children.

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Prostitution

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The granting of non marital sexual access for remuneration.

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Ehooking

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Using the internet to advise sexual services and make contact with clients.

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Brothels

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A house of prostitution, typically run by a madam who sets prices and handles "business" arrangements.

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Madam

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A woman who employs prostitutes, supervises their behavior, and receives a fee for her services.

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Call Girls

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Prostitutes who make dates via the phone and then service customers in hotel rooms or apartments. Calls girls typically have a steady clientele who are repeat customers.

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Skeezers

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Prostitues who trade sex for drugs , usually crack.

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Pornography

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Sexually explicit books, magazines, films, or tapes intended to provide sexual titillation and excitement for paying customers.

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Obscenity

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According to current legal theory, sexually explicit material that lacks a serious purpose and appeals solely to the prurient interest of the viewer. While nudity per se is not usually considered obscene, open sexual behavior, masturbation, and exhibition of the genitals is banned in most communities.

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Temperature Movement

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An effort to prohibit the sale of liquor in the United States that resulted in the passage of the Eighteenth amendment to the constitution in 1919, which prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages.

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Binge Drinking

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Having five or more drinks on the same occasion (at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least one day in the past 30 days.

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Heavy Drinking

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Five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of five or more days in the past 30 days.

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Gateway Model

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An explanation of drug abuse that posits that users begin with a more benign drug (alcohol or marijuana) and progress to more potent drugs.