Exam 12: Public Order, Morality, and Vice Crimes

Technology has provided major networking capabilities to the pornography market throughout the world, with American children being some of the primary targets. Compare the various pornography crimes that have been problems in the past with the magnitude of those problems being amplified by the Internet. What jurisdiction issues develop around such cases and why? How do these crimes tie into human trafficking and child pornography?

Fornication and _____________ are acts that criminal law traditionally prohibited even though they are consensual sexual acts.

Susie decides she wants to get her boyfriend all excited about spending the weekend with her. Using her cellphone Susie takes a photograph of herself standing naked in front of a mirror. What offense has Susie committed?

Two men become involved in a verbal altercation in a restaurant, including offensive language coupled with shoving and threats of violence. What charges may be filed against the men?

One cultural practice that poses issues with some immigrants to the United States is the law prohibiting what two acts?

Slim gathers more than five people together for the purpose of attacking members of a legal demonstration sponsored by a group that Slim and his group hate. Slim is guilty of what crime?

In Nevada, gambling laws are relaxed because gambling is not closely monitored by the State of Nevada.

Compare the crimes that typically apply to the homeless citizens in our country in all our major cities. Discuss the differences between vagrancy and loitering. What is the purpose of these laws? Why is panhandling a major issue in America? What can we do to resolve these issues?

A person commits an offense if he knowingly offers to engage, agrees to engage, or engages in sexual conduct for a fee; or solicits another in a public place to engage with him in sexual conduct for hire, is a description of the Texas prostitution law.

Steve is what the locals refer to as a street bum. He spends his days and evenings confronting patrons leaving stores and restaurants for the purpose of begging for food or money. What act is Steve committing?

Jake sponsors a quiet, private game of poker in the basement of his nightclub every Friday night. In most states this is an illegal act known as solicitation.

What do complicity, primary offender, and accomplice have to do with riots, unlawful assembly, gang activity, and rout? Discuss the differences between riots and unlawful assembly.

The government's efforts to limit depictions of obscenity on the World Wide Web serves as a prime example that controlling pornography on the Internet is nearly impossible.

Some states use an offense similar to disorderly conduct in which the offender commits an unlawful act that disturbs the peace or harmony of the neighborhood. What is the term for this offense?

What is a group of three or more people involved in a public disturbance of the peace?

States currently maintain laws providing that a person is considered under the influence if that person operates a motor vehicle with a blood or breath alcohol level of _______________.

Which of the following is one of the offenses that fall under the category of Public Order Crimes?

A riot is the culmination of both unlawful assembly and rout.

A sculpture of a woman, on display at a local museum, reveals an accurate depiction of female genitalia. This is a form of pornography and will result in the arrest of the person that created the sculpture as well as the owner of the museum.

Jack and five other people gather to protest a military funeral in Texas. All members of the group may be charged with what crime?