Exam 14: Public Order Crime: Sex and Substance Abuse

In 2013, in __________________, the Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which restricted the U.S. federal interpretation of "marriage" and "spouse" to apply only to heterosexual unions, is unconstitutional.

Addicts can be treated at clinics where they receive methadone, a drug similar to heroin, under controlled conditions.

An effort to prohibit the sale of liquor in the United States that resulted in the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1919 was known as the:

_________ is derived from the Latin caenum , for "filth" and is defined by Webster's dictionary as "deeply offensive to morality or decency … designed to incite to lust or depravity."

__________________ strategies involve law enforcement efforts at intercepting rug supplies as they enter the country.

The concepts of law and morality are tightly interwoven. Discuss how morality impacts the law, and why some scholars believe that these two concepts cannot be separated.

__________________ link the justice system with health services and drug treatment providers while easing the burden on the already overtaxed correctional system.

The UCR indicates there are about 47,000 prostitution arrests made annually, with the gender ration about ____ to 1 female to male.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that health and other costs directly related to substance abuse are now _____per year.

In debating the issue of legislating morality, Joseph Gusfield argues that the purpose of outlawing immoral acts is to show the ______ of those who condemn the acts over those who partake in them.

_________________ is the view that behaviors harmful to other people and society in general must be controlled.

The most recent surveys show that the drug use rate among parolees is __________ that of the general population.

Which topic would not be of particular interest to a moral crusader?

The drug trade is an important source of foreign revenue for third-world countries.

The _____________ view considers the prostitute a victim of male dominance.

There is considerable racial discrimination in the war on drugs, though rates of drug use and selling are comparable across racial lines.

One approach to drug control is to deter the sale and importation of drugs through the systematic apprehension of large-volume drug dealers.

Which is a public order crime?

Recent research on D.A.R.E. has found:

During the 1930s, Harry Anslinger, then head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, used magazine articles, public appearances, and public testimony to sway public opinion about the dangers of ____________________.