Chapter 13: Public Order Crimes—Legislating Morality

Twenty practice Q&A flashcards covering public order crimes, morality debates, sexuality norms, and drug-law contexts from the lecture notes.

Public Order Crimes are often called what?

Victimless crimes.

In debates about morality, what crucial question concerns the source of moral definitions?

Who defines morality?

Laws do not legislate which sins?

The seven deadly sins (pride, sloth, lust, gluttony, wrath, avarice, envy).

Define a vigilante.

Someone who takes the law into their own hands and acts outside the law in the interest of justice.

What are Moral Crusades?

Efforts by interest groups to stamp out behavior they find objectionable; typically public order crimes.

Who are Moral Entrepreneurs?

Interest groups that control social life to promote their own moral values.

Which act decriminalized homosexuality in 1969 in Canada?

Bill C-150.

What is Paraphilia?

Sexual practices involving recurrent sexual urges focused on objects or children; may include nonhuman objects, humiliation, or pain; often with a prior relationship.

Street sex workers are commonly referred to as?

Hustlers, hookers, or streetwalkers.

Who are Bar girls (B-girls)?

Women who go to bars, drink, and wait to be picked up by customers.

Who are Call Girls?

Prostitutes who make dates via the phone and service steady clientele in hotel rooms.

What are Massage Parlours in this context?

Seemingly legitimate businesses where men can buy sex under the guise of massage therapy.

What does Online sex work entail?

Use of personal websites; clients may have to provide a safety check ahead of time.

What did the 2005 Vancouver Study report about sex workers?

High rates of PTSD and abuse (e.g., 72% PTSD in the study population).

What is John School?

A program where 'johns' listen to stories of women forced to work as prostitutes as part of punishment.

What is a pimp?

Lives off the earnings of prostitutes; watches for police; often replaced by drugs and organized crime as controlling forces.

What is a key feminist debate about legalization of the sex trade?

Some feminists see sex work as exploitation and oppose legalization; others view it as free choice and support decriminalization.

Canada’s obscenity law: Section 163 CCC concerns what?

Offence to publish or circulate obscene material; obscenity judged by community standards.

What is the 1992 Butler Decision about?

Protection of society from harm caused by exposure to obscene materials.

What does the Landslide Productions case illustrate?

An internet-based porn ring with 250,000 subscribers; involved minors; owners sentenced to life.