Deck 12: Public-Order Offenses and Values

Question 1

Public-order offenses are also known as these.

A) social crimes
B) victimless crimes
C) free-will crimes
D) deviant crimes

Answer 1

B

Question 2

This is the stated purpose of laws that prohibit public-order offenses.

A) ensure that social values are enforced by the law
B) allow social groups to have their collective morality embodied by the law
C) protect people and society
D) provide a legal basis for enforcing high moral standards

Answer 2

C

Question 3

How are the values of some groups implemented into criminal law?

A) they are bought and sold
B) through the political process
C) through religion
D) none of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In _____ countries like Iran the values of religious leaders are reflected in the law.

A) theocratic
B) democratic
C) autocratic
D) oligarchic

Question 5

In the United States, the law is derived from this.

A) politicians
B) religious leaders
C) will of the people
D) the U.S. Supreme Court

Question 6

Sometimes laws restricting the sale of alcohol are called this.

A) blue laws
B) prohibitive laws
C) morally entrepreneurial laws
D) homogeneous laws

Question 7

The first U.S. laws that restricted the sale of alcohol or drugs were ______ in nature.

A) social
B) protective
C) economic
D) moral

Question 8

After the American Revolution, the U.S. government had _____ laws that restricted the sale or use of drugs or alcohol.

A) no
B) some
C) three
D) many

Question 9

In 1791, Congress passed a tax on whiskey, but farmers refused to pay. Tax collectors were tarred and feathered, and George Washington had to call in the militia to quell the violence. What was this conflict called?

A) Whiskey War
B) Alcohol Uprising
C) Whiskey Rebellion
D) Great Hooch Skirmish

Question 10

Chinese laborers brought this drug to the United States.

A) morphine
B) marijuana
C) heroin
D) opium

Question 11

Addiction to this drug was so prevalent among soldiers that after the Civil War it became known as the "soldiers' disease."

A) opium
B) morphine
C) heroin
D) marijuana

Question 12

Which drug was originally used to treat morphine addiction?

A) opium
B) cocaine
C) heroin
D) LSD

Question 13

Coca-Cola was first marketed as this type of product in 1886.

A) patent medicine
B) soda pop
C) fountain drink
D) pharmaceutical medicine

Question 14

This book by Upton Sinclair graphically detailed the unsafe and unsanitary conditions in the country's meatpacking plants.

A) The Jungle
B) Duck Soup
C) Cattle Call
D) The Butchers

Question 15

This law required that the amount of each ingredient in patent medicines be specified on the label.

A) Pure Food and Drug Act
B) Harrison Act
C) Drug Tax Act
D) Patent Medicine Act

Question 16

This law was designed to regulate the sale of drugs.

A) Pure Food and Drug Act
B) Harrison Act
C) Drug Tax Act
D) Omnibus Drug Act

Question 17

This law made it illegal for doctors to prescribe narcotics for addicts to maintain their habit and keep them comfortable.

A) Pure Food and Drug Act
B) Drug Addiction Treatment Act
C) Harrison Act
D) Omnibus Drug Act

Question 18

Which of the following was not included in the 1970 Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act?

A) The law established a hierarchy of controlled substances.
B) The law divided responsibilities over drugs between several federal agencies.
C) The law set penalties for the use and sale of illegal drugs.
D) The law restricted the sale of chemicals used to make some illegal drugs.

Question 19

When was the Drug Addiction Treatment Act, which allowed doctors to prescribe certain narcotics to help addicts wean themselves from drugs or to maintain their habits, passed?

A) 1938
B) 1950
C) 1984
D) 2000

Question 20

Which of the following changes to federal drug laws was made by the Omnibus Drug Act?

A) It assigned the power to enforce drug laws to the Department of Justice.
B) It authorized the death penalty for anyone who kills another while committing a drug-related felony.
C) It classified illegal drugs according to their dangerousness, their potential for abuse and addiction, and whether they have any legitimate medical value.
D) It authorized the Department of Health and Human Services to evaluate scientific evidence on drugs and make recommendations as to which drugs should be controlled.

Question 21

This is a class of drugs that includes many substances not intended for use as drugs.

A) pharmaceuticals
B) inhalants
C) narcotics
D) stimulants

Question 22

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, what is the most commonly used illegal drug (in most states)?

A) methamphetamine
B) inhalants
C) marijuana
D) cocaine

Question 23

These theories are best at explaining the young age at which substance abuse begins.

A) delinquency theories
B) conflict theories
C) choice theories
D) labeling theories

Question 24

This is the term for when a governing body lessens or removes penalties for acts previously subject to criminal prosecution, arrest, and incarceration.

A) legalization
B) decriminalization
C) statutory reduction
D) uncriminalization

Question 25

This means that a substance is completely legal to consume.

A) legalization
B) decriminalization
C) criminalization
D) codification

Question 26

What is the approach to drug abuse prevention that treats drug use as a medical problem of addiction?

A) social education
B) incapacitation
C) harm reduction
D) legalization

Question 27

This drug prevents the withdrawal symptoms experienced by addicts who stop using heroin.

A) drug
B) methadone
C) inhalant
D) marijuana

Question 28

People who support the legalization and regulation of prostitution generally refer to the transaction as this.

A) paraphilia
B) fornication
C) sodomy
D) sex work

Question 29

In which state is the sale and purchase of sex legal?

A) California
B) Nevada
C) New York
D) Illinois

Question 30

Which of the following types of prostitutes is at the top of the hierarchy of prostitution?

A) call girls
B) bar girls
C) crack prostitutes
D) brothel prostitutes

Question 31

Which of the following is an argument for the legalization of prostitution?

A) Prostitution threatens the bonds of marriage.
B) Legalization would allow the government to tax prostitution.
C) Prostitution may be responsible for the spread of some STDs.
D) Prostitution violates certain religious morals.

Question 32

The test of obscenity currently used in the United States was developed by the U.S. Supreme Court in this case.

A) Robinson v. California
B) Miller v. California
C) Lawrence v. Texas
D) Ashcroft v. ACLU

Question 33

In this case, the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law prohibiting consensual sex between same-sex adults.

A) Robinson v. California
B) Miller v. California
C) Lawrence v. Texas
D) Ashcroft v. ACLU

Question 34

What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Robinson v. California?

A) Laws prohibiting consensual sex between same-sex adults are unconstitutional.
B) Material is considered to be obscene if it meets a three-part test for obscenity.
C) Brothel prostitution was legalized in Nevada.
D) A person cannot be prosecuted for having a status or condition, such as homosexuality or drug addiction.

Question 35

The explanation of gambling that suggests gamblers have accepted the cultural goal of amassing wealth but are unwilling or unable to attain this goal through thrift, hard work, and deferred gratification is based on which criminological theory?

A) strain theory
B) operant conditioning
C) subcultural theory
D) routine activities theory

Question 36

Which of the following theories attempts to explain gambling through the behavior principle of intermittent reinforcement?

A) learning theory
B) behavior theory
C) modeling theory
D) operant conditioning

Question 37

Which state does not allow any form of legal gambling?

A) New Hampshire
B) Utah
C) Alabama
D) Missouri

Question 38

Which of the following has not been linked to dog fighting?

A) illegal gun sales
B) illegal gambling
C) drug-dealing
D) forcible robbery

Question 39

Explain the ways in which public-order offenses may negatively influence the lives of other people.

Question 40

Explain the differences between legalization and decriminalization. List and explain the risks involved with the legalization of drugs as well as the advantages associated with drug legalization.

Question 41

List and explain the three elements required for an act to be considered prostitution. Does prostitution always have to involve sexual intercourse? Why or why not?

Question 42

List and explain the main arguments for and against the legalization of prostitution.

Question 43

How do public-order offenses affect the work of the criminal justice system? How would the legalization of public-order offenses affect the system?