Deck 12: Public Order, Morality, and Vice Crimes

Question 1

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?

A)Riot
B)Unlawful assembly
C)Illegal gathering
D)None of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

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?

A)Disorderly Conduct
B)Un-orderly Conduct
C)Inciting a riot
D)None of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is the term for any association or group of six or more persons that either requires, as a condition of membership, the commission of a crime of violence or, as part of its purpose or frequent activities, violates criminal laws?

A)Criminal street gang
B)Religious groups
C)Private club members
D)None of the above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Why did a federal judge strike down the Child Online Protection Act (COPA)?

A)The verbiage was offensive
B)It was unconstitutionally vague
C)It contributed to child abuse
D)None of the above

Question 5

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?

A)Loitering
B)Homeless gathering
C)Bumming
D)Panhandling

Question 6

Most major cities have ordinances against people moving about with no visible means of financial support. What is the name for this offense?

A)Meddling
B)Bumming
C)Vagrancy
D)None of the above

Question 7

Jack is a participant in a protest. The protestors become violent and begin throwing rocks and Molotov Cocktails at the opposing group. Police close in on Jack to arrest him for his participation in the acts of violence. Jack fights the officers and makes every attempt to stop the attempt to place him under arrest. What crime may Jack be charged with in addition to his involvement in the riot?

A)Riot violence
B)Riot participation
C)Resisting arrest
D)None of the above

Question 8

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

A)Riots
B)Unlawful assembly
C)Certain gang activity
D)All the above

Question 9

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

A)Desecration of a grave site
B)Unlawful assembly
C)Illegal gathering
D)None of the above

Question 10

What is often called the world's oldest profession and typically includes sex, drugs, and human trafficking?

A)Petty theft
B)Drug abuse
C)Prostitution
D)Child abuse

Question 11

What crime category do vagrancy and loitering fall into?

A)Public order crimes
B)Private gathering crimes
C)Public gathering crimes
D)None of the above

Question 12

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?

A)Breach of peace
B)Interference of peace
C)Violence of peace
D)None of the above

Question 13

Many cities have trouble with teenagers and drug users hanging out in the parking lot of schools, shopping centers, and other establishments. What law enables law enforcement to deal with this issue?

A)Loitering
B)Gathering
C)Joining
D)Panhandling

Question 14

What type of pornography did the U.S. Supreme court unanimously declare was not protected by the First Amendment?

A)Bestiality
B)Necrophilia
C)Child pornography
D)None of the above

Question 15

What is a form of obscenity that depicts sexual acts or behaviors intending to arouse sexual excitement?

A)Pornography
B)Pedophilia
C)Necrophilia
D)None of the above

Question 16

Steve feels a strong urge to relieve himself while enjoying a drink at a local pub. He discovers the men's room is locked. He waits a few minutes and decides he can wait no longer. He steps out the front door and relieves himself in plain view of the public. What charges may be filed against Steve for urinating in the public?

A)Illegal urinating
B)Disorderly conduct
C)Non-Public conduct
D)None of the above

Question 17

What mens rea is required to convict a suspect of the crime of prostitution?

A)Knowingly
B)Recklessly
C)Negligently
D)None of the above

Question 18

What is the term for state laws making it a criminal offense for gang members to frequent particular locations, such as playgrounds, shopping malls, movie theaters, and schools?

A)Gang operation zones
B)Group gathering zones
C)Gang-free zones
D)None of the above

Question 19

What term do some state use to define action taken when an unlawful assembled group takes a significant step toward rioting?

A)Ruse
B)Violent action
C)Rout
D)None of the above

Question 20

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

A)Legal protest group
B)Religious gathering
C)Business meeting
D)Riot

Question 21

What is one of the primary reasons incest is consider taboo even today?

A)Religions prohibit the act
B)The act is not socially accepted
C)The act can produce deformed offspring
D)None of the above

Question 22

Sam spends his days and evenings begging for money from people shopping at the local mall in the city center. Sam is committing the act of loitering.

Question 23

The man who watched Lady Godiva ride naked through the streets of Coventry, England in protest of taxation is responsible for the name of what act that is tied with voyeurism?

A)Tacky Jack
B)Voyeur Tom
C)Peeping Tom
D)None of the above

Question 24

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.

Question 25

What law addresses Internet Child Pornography and has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court?

A)Child Pornography Act (CPA.
B)Child Health Incident Legal Development (CHILD)
C)PROTECT Act
D)None of the above

Question 26

Pornography is a form of obscenity that depicts sexual acts of behaviors with the intent to arouse sexual excitement in any individual.

Question 27

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

Question 28

   With complicity, an accomplice derives his or her criminal liability from a primary offender.
a.     True
b.     False

Question 29

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.

Question 30

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.

Question 31

Though the Supreme Court defined obscenity, states are not obligated to follow its lead - at least as far as their pornography definitions go.

Question 32

Although it may be offensive based on moral standards, some states do not include exposure what part of the male or female body as a violation of law?

A)Female breasts
B)Lower private parts
C)Buttocks
D)None of the above

Question 33

Immoral conduct, practices, or habits is a loose description of gambling.

Question 34

Several decades ago, in Smith v. United States, the Federal Appeals Court announced that the test for identifying obscenity was whether to the average person applying contemporary standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest.

Question 35

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

A)Pornography and sexual assault
B)Voyeurism and Peep-Toms
C)Indecent exposure and Public lewdness
D)Bigamy and Polygamy

Question 36

In New York v. Ferber, the Supreme Court, by a narrow majority, decided that child pornography is not protected by the First Amendment.

Question 37

   Only groups can commit offenses against public order.
a.     True
b.     False

Question 38

   A riot is the culmination of both unlawful assembly and rout.
a.     True
b.     False

Question 39

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?

A)Sexting
B)Sexual transmission
C)Sexual emailing
D)None of the above

Question 40

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.

Question 41

Mohammad just moved to the United States and has completed all of the requirements to become a U.S. citizen. Mohammad has one wife from his life in Afghanistan. According to his culture, Mohammad is allowed to have at least five wives. In America having multiple wives is considered _________________ , which is illegal in America.

Question 42

Tom is walking along the sidewalk in downtown, San Diego. Tom's stance and walk are labored and unsteady, his eyes are bloodshot, his breath and his body reek of the odor of alcohol, and his speech is slurred. Tom starts to cross the street, but stumbles when he steps off the curb and almost falls in front of a passing car. Based on the symptoms listed, Tom may be in a state of _____________________.

Question 43

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?

Question 44

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?

Question 45

In some cases, ____________, alone is the key element in a crime.

Question 46

The Supreme Court struck down part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA).

Question 47

The primary reason incest is taboo even today is because incest can produce _____________.

Question 48

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 _______________.

Question 49

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.

Question 50

According to the organization Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, one person is injured ____________________ in alcohol-related vehicular crashes.

Question 51

If George uses his cellphone to photograph his genitalia and texts the photograph in a message to his girlfriend he has committed the crime of _______________________.

Question 52

Discuss the elements of disorderly conduct and compare the various combinations that may exist between these elements. Discuss issues that develop during peaceable assemblies that may include speeches, songs, and other sounds that may be contrary to public opinion. Do these acts constitute disorderly conduct because they express unpopular views?

Question 53

A drug or other substance that has a high potential for abuse and has no current accepted medical use in treatment in the United States is consider a _______________ controlled substance.

Question 54

Normal prohibitions against profanity have a tendency to run afoul of __________________ protections.

Question 55

____________________ was the federal government's first effort to criminalize opium and cocaine.

Question 56

Joe was driving westbound on I-20 heading toward New Mexico. A Texas DPS officer pulls Joe over because the car he is driving has a taillight that is not working. As the officer chats with Joe he notices a small bag containing a residue of a white substance lying on the driver's seat beside Joe. The officer asks Joe to step from the vehicle and asks Joe if he has any drugs or other contraband. Joe assures the officer that he and vehicle is clean and encourages the officer to search the car, thinking that the officer will decline since he is a lone officer. The officer accepts the offer, but handcuffs Joe and places him in the back of the patrol car during the search (after a cursory pat down). The officer discovers a small tin box under the driver's seat. The box contains several small plastic bags of a substance the officer recognizes as heroin. Additionally, Joe shows signs of being highly agitated with very constricted pupils. Additionally, the officer locates a loaded .45 Smith and Wesson semi-automatic pistol under the driver's seat within easy reach of the driver. The officer continues his search in the trunk of the vehicle and discovers an unlocked briefcase loaded with large, plastic bags full of the same substance and a scale. The total quantity of controlled substance in Joe's possession is estimated to be over 100 grams of mixture. What charges may be filed against Joe? What schedule will the charges be filed under? A criminal history check verifies that Joe is a known offender and that this will be his 2ⁿᵈ offense. What federal trafficking penalties will apply to Joe's case? What penalties will Joe face for a third offense? Does the possession of a firearm add to the charges?

Question 57

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

Question 58

According to the laws in every state, anyone under the age of ______________ is prohibited from purchasing, possessing, and/or consuming alcohol.

Question 59

The _______________, finalized in 1972, was created to achieve uniformity in state laws concerning the criminalization and scheduling of drugs.

Question 60

ABC Chemical company was forced to lay off numerous employees because of loss of business. John and a handful of other employees, as well as many of those suffering because of the layoff, decide to protest the layoff by creating a blockage at the entrance to the plant, thereby preventing shipping and receiving of goods. ABC management personnel confront the individuals in a peaceable manner in hopes to negotiate an agreement to allow the business to operate as it should. John suddenly picks up a rock and throws it at one of the members of management. Six of the protestors join suit and begin throwing rocks at the management personnel. One of the victims had to be transported to hospital by helicopter because of severe injuries received from the rocks. John and many of the other protestors fight the law enforcement officers who arrive to bring order to the protest. What charges may be filed against John? What charges may be filed against the other six? May charges be filed against the other members of the protest?