Crimonology Review Chapter 13 – Flashcards
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Attaining sexual pleasure through sexual activity with prepubescent children is referred to as
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pedophilia.
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Prostitution is illegal in all states except Nevada where licensed and highly regulated brothels can operate as business enterprises in
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rural counties
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According to the theory of social harm, immoral acts can be distinguished from crimes on the basis of the ____they cause.
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injury
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Which of the following is NOT a condition present in a commercial sexual transaction?
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felonious violence
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The aristocrats of prostitution are _____ who charge customers thousands of dollars per night and who may net over $200,000 per year.
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call girls
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Border patrols are examples of ________ strategies aimed at stopping drug use.
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interdiction
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The __________ Amendment right to free speech makes legal control of pornography quite difficult.
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First
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__________ refers to the rubbing against or touching of a non-consenting adult in a crowd.
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Frotteurism
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People who seek to control or criminalize deviant behaviors in accordance with their own way of thinking are called
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moral entrepreneurs.
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Which category of prostitute is believed to be responsible for the recent upsurge in prostitution?
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ehookers
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Your neighbor obtains sexual pleasure from spying on strangers while they disrobe. This neighbor is a/an
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voyeur.
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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.
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disease
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Which issue presents an obstacle to controlling drugs via source control strategies?
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These are all issues that present obstacles to controlling drugs via source control strategies.
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According to legal scholar, Morris, Cohen, why should victimless crimes be criminally prohibited?
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Because one of the functions of criminal law is to express the public's shared sense of morality.
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Which of the following is a contention of opponents of pornography?
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Pornography degrades both the people who are participants and the public who are sometimes forced to see it.
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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.
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Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe
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The movement to ban gay marriage in California that led to the passage of Proposition 8 is an example of a/an
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moral crusade.
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Feminists' sexual equality view considers the prostitute a victim of
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male dominance
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__________ are behaviors outlawed because they are a threat to the general well-being of society and challenge accepted moral principles.
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Public order crimes
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Problem behavior syndrome contends that Problem behavior syndrome contends that
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substance abuse is just one of many problem behaviors.
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The arrest rate for prostitution reveals that the gender ratio is __________ female to male.
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2:1
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_________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.
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Sex tourism
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What does research indicate about the effects of legalizing prostitution?
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Legalization leads to massive expansion of the trade, both legal and illegal.
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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?
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subcultural view
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Of all the commonly practiced paraphilias, which causes the general public the most concern?
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pedophilia
