Deck 13: Public Order Crimes

Question 1

During the Civil War, what drug addiction among veterans became known as the "soldier's disease"?

A) morphine
B) marijuana
C) alcohol
D) cocaine

Answer 1

morphine

Question 2

It was not until the ______ that the abuse of marijuana began to arouse public concern.

A) 1920s
B) 1930s
C) 1940s
D) 1950s

Answer 2

1930s

Question 3

Most of the federal antidrug legislation has been drawn together in Title ____ of the United States Code, the collection of all federal laws.

A) 17
B) 18
C) 21
D) 23

Answer 3

21

Question 4

Which of the following statements is True about alcohol?

A) Sale and purchase of alcohol are illegal in most jurisdictions of the United States.
B) Consumption of alcohol among young people is rare.
C) The rate of alcohol use has rapidly declined since 1994.
D) Alcohol escalates aggression by reducing awareness of consequences.

Question 5

In the 1980s _________ constituted the United States' major drug problem.

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

Question 6

During the 1960s, _________ became one of the major drugs of choice in the United States among white, middle-class young people who identified themselves as anti-establishment.

A) cocaine
B) marijuana
C) heroin
D) alcohol

Question 7

_________ is a mixture of crack and heroin.

A) Jump
B) Speed ball
C) Crank
D) Horse

Question 8

The cash obtained from drug sales in the United States is physically smuggled out of the country because it cannot be legally exported without disclosure. This describes what phenomenon?

A) Inside trading
B) Churning
C) Embezzlement
D) Money laundering

Question 9

Which of the following is a criticism of the educational approach to drug treatment?

A) Inner-city youngsters lack enough information about the harmful effects of drugs.
B) Educational programs are the costliest way of treating drug addiction.
C) Most people who begin to use drugs believe that they will easily become addicted because they have enough information about addiction.
D) Most addicts are quite knowledgeable about the potential consequences of taking drugs but think of them as just part of the "game."

Question 10

Since the first drug court was established, more than __________ similar courts have been established in counties throughout the country.

A) 400
B) 800
C) 1500
D) 2100

Question 11

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the government of Bolivia was completely corrupt from the drug trade, as evidenced by the minister of justice being referred to as the

A) minister of cocaine.
B) minister of marijuana.
C) minister of the opium poppies.
D) minister of heroin.

Question 12

The first drug court was established in _________ in 1989.

A) Atlanta, Georgia,
B) Dade County, Florida,
C) Los Angeles, California,
D) New York, New York,

Question 13

Which of the following statements best defines bootlegging?

A) It is the process by which inferior products are sold at a higher price.
B) It is the process by which crack and heroin are mixed to produce crank.
C) It refers to the unlawful sale of alcohol.
D) It refers to the illegal trafficking of children.

Question 14

On January 16, 1920, the _________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into force, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

A) Thirteenth
B) Fifteenth
C) Sixteenth
D) Eighteenth

Question 15

National surveys of inmates in jails and prison show that about _____ percent of the convicted offenders incarcerated for violent crimes consumed alcohol immediately before the crimes.

A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50

Question 16

Following the ratification of the _________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the voting age was lowered to 18 years, and many states also lowered their minimum-age requirement for the purchase and sale of alcoholic beverages.

A) Twenty-sixth
B) Twenty-third
C) Eighteenth
D) Sixteenth

Question 17

As per common law, which of the following statements is True about sodomy?

A) It is the highest form of pedophilia.
B) It is a sexual act that happens between a human and an animal.
C) It is a form of statutory rape that happens between couples.
D) It is the illegal selling of prostitutes by a pimp.

Question 18

In the context of sexual morality offenses, _____ is the illegal sexual activity between two people when it would otherwise be legal if not for their age.

A) bootlegging
B) orgasm
C) statutory rape
D) confidence game

Question 19

In a series of decisions culminating in _________, the Supreme Court articulated the view that obscenity, really meaning pornography, is outside the protection of the Constitution.

A) Pope v. Illinois
B) Miller v. Illinois
C) Pope v. New York
D) Miller v. California

Question 20

As long ago as the late 1940s and the early 1950s, the pioneering Kinsey reports provided evidence about the enormous gap between the goals of law and actual behavior. According to these studies, of the total white male population in the United States, ______ percent had some experience with prostitutes.

A) 75
B) 69
C) 55
D) 37

Question 21

During the Civil War, heroin addiction among veterans was referred to as the "soldier's disease."

Question 22

Crack is more expensive than powdered cocaine, slow-acting, and ineffective.

Question 23

The Volstead Act of 1919 defined any beverage that contained ½ of 1 percent alcohol as intoxicating liquor.

Question 24

Physical sexual contact is a basic component of sodomy, prostitution, and pornography.

Question 25

After analyzing studies on the relationship between pornography and violence, the Attorney General's Commission concluded that nonviolent and nondegrading pornography is not significantly associated with crime and aggression.

Question 26

The discussion of the "drug problem"includes a wide variety of conditions that extend beyond American borders, that involve all social classes, and that in one way or another touch most people's lives. Discuss the research on the extent of drug abuse.

Question 27

Discuss what the research on patterns of drug abuse reveals.

Question 28

The drug problem is a worldwide phenomenon. Discuss money laundering and the political impact of the drug trade on producer countries.

Question 29

Laws related to sexual morality have always been controversial. Discuss the three sexual morality offenses covered in the text.

Question 30

The task of defining pornography subject to legal prohibition belongs to the Supreme Court of the United States. Discuss the Supreme Court's view on pornography.