Question 1

Pandering is also called _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Prostitution 
B)  Seduction 
C)  Fornication 
D)  Pimping

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A)  sodomy 
B)  seduction 
C)  prostitution 
D)  fornication

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

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:

Accepted Answer

A)  rout 
B)  riot 
C)  unlawful assembly 
D)  lawful assembly

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Virtual child 
B)  Digital child 
C)  Modern child 
D)  Simulated child

Question 7

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.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain the test for obscenity outlined in...

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Single; Double 
B)  No fault; Major fault 
C)  Bigamy; Fornication 
D)  Reasonable; Unreasonable

Question 9

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  Fourteenth 
B)  Fourth 
C)  Second 
D)  First

Question 10

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:

Accepted Answer

A)  rout 
B)  riot 
C)  unlawful assembly 
D)  lawful assembly

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Stanley v. California 
B)  Stanley v. Georgia 
C)  Miller v. California 
D)  Miller v. Georgia

Question 12

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ashcroft v. ACLU 
B)  Reno v. ACLU 
C)  Reno v. Free Speech Coalition 
D)  Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  Seduction 
B)  Pimping 
C)  Fornication 
D)  Bigamy

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Miller v. California 
B)  United States v. Williams 
C)  Ashcroft v. Williams 
D)  Ashcroft v. Miller

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A)  The average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in sex 
B)  The work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state or federal law 
C)  The work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value 
D)  The work is viewed by a reasonably large audience and is considered reasonably offensive to the average person

Question 17

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:

Accepted Answer

A)  rout 
B)  riot 
C)  unlawful assembly 
D)  lawful assembly

Question 18

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  adultery 
B)  double adultery 
C)  fornication 
D)  bigamy

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Pornography 
B)  Abuse 
C)  Obscenity 
D)  Sodomy

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)  public disorder 
B)  disturbing the peace 
C)  breach of the peace 
D)  public rowdiness

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.

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?

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?

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: