Exam 12: Crimes Against Public Order and Morals

​The Ferguson,Missouri police department has been investigated for practices related to what?

Discuss the broken windows theory and provide examples.What has the research shown about the validity of the theory?

Stephan and Tito are playing basketball in the park with some friends. They are taking a break when they begin discussing politics. Stephan is a democrat and Tito is a Republican. They begin arguing loudly and pushing each other. A police officer cruising by the park hears the commotion and stops to talk to the two men. -​Based on his situation,James might be considered a

Local government program's targeting "johns" may include car forfeiture.

Crimes against public order and morals affect fewer people than the crimes against persons and their property.

​What type of officers deal primarily with prostitution crimes?

Order refers to the right of people to come and go as they please.

Discretionary decision- making in the enforcement of minor crimes poses several issues.

_______________ can beg honestly on streets and in parks.

Discuss the origins and development of disorderly conduct and how it expanded to include "quality of life" offenses aimed at "bad manners" in public.

​What are disorderly conduct crimes meant to control?

All state and city governments have passed criminal laws to regulate gang behavior.

Disorderly conduct has a wide impact on the criminal justice system.

​What type of crimes make it difficult to balance public good and individual privacy?

The term "victimless crime" applies only to juveniles.

​What is the name given to the right of individuals to come and go as they please without government interference?

​Interactive Digital Software Association sued St.Louis County alleging that an ordinance in the County violated their First Amendment right to "free expression." The ordinance restricted what?

​States can control the time,place,and manner,but cannot control the content of

Vagrancy is a relatively new crime.

Expressive conduct is protected by the First Amendment.