Exam 8: Crimes Against Public Order and Public Decency

Pandering is also called _________.

Define breach of the peace, disorderly conduct, and fighting words.

Some jurisdictions retain an offense called___________________ , which refers to unlawful sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons of opposite genders.

Explain the Court's rationale in holding an ordinance unconstitutional in City of Chicago v. Morales.

Under the common law, if three or more persons to meet to disturb the public peace with the intention of participating in a forcible and violent execution of an unlawful enterprise or of a lawful enterprise in an unauthorized manner and the meeting resulted in steps to carry out the plan it is called a:

As discussed in the textbook, ____________ pornography is that which is created by computer simulations.

Explain the test for obscenity outlined in the U.S. Supreme Court decision Miller v. California (1973). What is meant by the evolving standards of decency? Why does the court focus on the location of the contested speech? Develop an argument against the Miller test as vague or overbroad.

What are the two types of adultery discussed in the textbook?

In drafting statutes regulating the flow of traffic and people on public streets, highway and sidewalk legislation must be careful to avoid vagueness and overbreadth issues that would grant too much discretion to law enforcement. To do so would potentially violate free speech assembly provisions of the ___________ Amendment to the constitution.

Under the common law it was a misdemeanor for three or more persons to meet to disturb the public peace with the intention of participating in a forcible and violent execution of an unlawful enterprise or of a lawful enterprise in an unauthorized manner. This offense is called:

Which court case provided the current conditions that must be met for material to be considered obscene?

In which 2002 case did the Supreme Court uphold virtual child pornography, which involves images that are created by computer simulations that make adults look like children?

Explain the history of vagrancy and loitering statutes and how they may be unconstitutional.

As discussed in the textbook, ___________ historically refers to the act by a man who uses solicitation, persuasion, promises, bribes, or other methods to entice a woman to have unlawful sexual intercourse with him.

In 2008 the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the PROTECT Act in the case of:

Which of the following is not one of the three conditions that need to be met for information to be considered obscene?

Under the common law, if three or more persons to meet to disturb the public peace with the intention of participating in a forcible and violent execution of an unlawful enterprise or of a lawful enterprise in an unauthorized manner, and the meeting resulted in steps to carry out the plan, and the plan was then carried out it was called a:

In 1603 the British Parliament made this act against the family a crime punishable by death. It remains a crime in the United States today but is not often prosecuted and no longer carries the death penalty.

What term has the Supreme Court had difficulty in defining and has been deemed worthy of regulating?

Today's disorderly conduct statutes grew from the common law crime of: