Exam 15: Crimes Against Public Order and Morality

______ involves procuring a prostitute for another individual, arranging a meeting for the purpose of prostitution, transporting an individual to a location for the purpose of prostitution, receiving money from a prostitute knowing that it was earned from prostitution, or owning, managing, or leasing a house of prostitution business.

A(n) ______ is identified under the common law as an individual who wanders the streets with no apparent means of earning a living.

Rebecca has lived in the same neighborhood for 40 years. It's where her parents and grandparents lived too. When they first moved there, nearly 100 years ago, it was a very nice place. In fact, they were proud to be there. Throughout Rebecca's lifetime she has noticed the neighborhood slowly going downhill. It began with a few foreclosed and abandoned homes. Then graffiti showed up and drunks and drug addicts began frequenting the abandoned lots. Now she is afraid to go outside. Just last week there was a drive by shooting two blocks from her home. The slow decline of Rebecca's neighborhood is an example of what?

Crimes against public order and decency have been criticized as punishing victimless crimes.

Bill went to Millennium Park to protest the recent budget cuts to education in Cook County. It was a spur of the moment thing and as a result he was alone in his efforts. Nonetheless he yelled and marched and held various signs up to get his point across. He is arrested and charged with rioting. Is this charge appropriate in the given circumstance?

Why do we have crimes against public order and morals?

What was the gang ordinance adopted by the Chicago City Council in 1992? What are the criticisms of this type of ordinance? Do you agree with the ordinance? Why or why not?

Why does the United States have a crime against animal cruelty? Should cruelty to animals be recognized as an offense against public order and decency? Is animal cruelty a type of victimless crime? Why or why not?

The offense of ______ involves conduct that is obscene.

What is it called when individuals engage in statutorily prohibited acts that are NOT viewed as harmful to the actor or others?

It is legal only in three states to buy, sell, exhibit, produce, advertise, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute child pornography.

Offenses such as disorderly conduct constitute a significant percentage of arrests and prosecutions.

What is the difference between lewdness and indecent exposure?

All of the following crimes is said to disproportionately target young people, minorities, and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds EXCEPT ______.

All of the following are consequences of what some consider to be the overreach of criminal law EXCEPT ______.

Prostitution is only committed by exchanging sexual activity for money or other consideration.

In what case did the court find the criminalization of homelessness by the city police by harassing homeless individuals by preventing them from congregating in areas where pantries made free food available?

Arrests for which of the following crimes are typically roughly equal to arrests for violent crimes?

Local ordinances have the effect of making it a crime to be homeless.

______ is when three or more individuals agreed to the illegal purpose prior to engaging in violence.