Test Bank

Chapter 14: Public Order Crime

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is an example of public order crime?

a. sexual assault

b. prostitution

c. burglary

d. arson

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Which of the following types of crimes represent the bulk of police work?

a. violent crimes

b. crimes without victims

c. juvenile crimes

d. status offenses

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. All of the following are examples of folk crime except for ______.

a. tax offenses

b. gambling

c. property crimes

d. traffic offenses

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. The proposal that unintended disorderly behavior can also signal that nobody cares about the community, leading to more serious disorder and crime, is known as ______.

a. the broken windows theory

b. the golden rule disposition

c. the “red light” effect

d. the undercriminalization effect

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Broken Windows

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. All of the following are true regarding prostitution except ______.

a. prostitution was originally tolerated as a “necessary evil”

b. prostitution appears to be a problem unique to capitalist societies

c. prostitution appears to have declined since World War II

d. in most U.S. states, prostitution is considered a misdemeanor

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Courtesans in Japan are referred to as ______.

a. hetaerae

b. devadasis

c. geishas

d. lupanaria

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. In the United States, prostitution is considered a ______.

a. misdemeanor

b. status offense

c. infraction

d. felony

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Which of the following was identified as being a key motivation for street prostitutes?

a. money

b. housing

c. desire

d. company

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Areas of vice are referred to as “red light districts” in reference to ______.

a. the tendency for most action in these areas to begin at dusk

b. the flashing lights of police cars

c. the signal lanterns of railroad construction workers

d. traffic lights

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Types of Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. In prostitution, which of the following is associated with the highest amount of prestige?

a. B-girls

b. brothels

c. call girls

d. streetwalkers

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Types of Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Which of the following are common in seaport cities and areas serving military populations, such as in combat zones, or adult entertainment sections of some large cities?

a. B-girls

b. brothels

c. call girls

d. streetwalkers

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Types of Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Which of the following types of prostitutes are most likely to have arrangements with pimps, who play the combined roles of managers, protectors, and pseudo-fathers?

a. B-girls

b. brothels

c. call girls

d. streetwalkers

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Types of Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Since the ’60s, the majority of street pimps have been ______.

a. Caucasian

b. Black

c. Asian

d. Hispanic

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Types of Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Which of the following became a common setting for commercial sex in North America in the 1970s?

a. brothels

b. dance clubs

c. hotels

d. massage parlors

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Massage Parlors

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Which of the following is used to refer to the customers of prostitution?

a. johns

b. new jacks

c. patrons

d. trick

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Johns

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. One of the biggest trends in prostitution has been a movement from the streets to ______.

a. brothels

b. hotels

c. the internet

d. casinos

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Underage Prostitutes

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. Which of the following refers to the attainment of sexual gratification by invading the privacy of another by viewing him or her unclad or in a sexual situation?

a. exhibitionism

b. masochism

c. sadomasochism

d. voyeurism

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sexual Offenses

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. Which of the following refers to the purposive public exposure of private sexual parts to elicit shock in unsuspecting victims?

a. exhibitionism

b. fetishism

c. paraphilia

d. voyeurism

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sexual Offenses

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Which of the following involves obtaining erotic excitement through the perception and often collection of objects associated with a desired human sexual subject?

a. exhibitionism

b. fetishism

c. paraphilia

d. voyeurism

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sexual Offenses

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Which of the following refers to sexual activity between individuals who are viewed as too closely biologically related?

a. incest

b. fetishism

c. paraphilia

d. voyeurism

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sexual Offenses

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Which of the following refers to abnormal sexual practices involving sexual interest in nonhuman objects,and giving or receiving pain.

a. incest

b. fetishism

c. paraphilia

d. voyeurism

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sexual Offenses

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Which of the following involves sexual arousal from the the perception of inanimate objects or articles of clothing usually associated with the opposite sex?

a. sadism

b. fetishism

c. incest

d. voyeurism

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Paraphilia

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Which of the followingr efers to the attainment of erotic satisfaction through suffering pain?

a. sadism

b. fetishism

c. masochism

d. voyeurism

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Paraphilia

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Which of the following is an example of a narcotic drug?

a. LSD

b. THC

c. Opium

d. Amphetamines

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Drug Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Which of the following is an example of an inhalant drug?

a. nitrous oxide

b. morphine

c. mescaline

d. marijuana

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Drug Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. Barbiturates are examples of ______.

a. depressants

b. stimulants

c. hallucinogens

d. narcotics

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Drug Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. Which of the following made it necessary to obtain a doctor’s prescription to legally possess narcotics and cocaine?

a. The Boggs Act

b. The Golden Rule Disposition

c. The Harrison Act

d. The Volstead Act

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Drugs and History

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. The “Opium Wars” were fought ______.

a. in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1960s

b. by Chinese who objected to Europeans trafficking in opium in the 1800s

c. between Latin American drug cartels in the 1980s

d. by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics between 1980 and 1992

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Drugs and History

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. Which of the following terms did Howard Becker use to refer to individuals who personally benefit from convincing the public to label the behavior of others as deviant or criminal?

a. criminal

b. delinquent entrepreneurs

c. moral entrepreneurs

d. outsiders

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Drugs and History

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Which of the following drugs became the drug of Hollywood, Wall Street, and rock and roll?

a. cocaine

b. marijuana

c. LSD

d. opium

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Crack Cocaine

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. A major drug of concern in the twenty-first century is ______.

a. crack cocaine

b. marijuana

c. steroids

d. methamphetamine

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Crack Cocaine

Difficulty Level: Easy

32. Which of the following concepts are used to describe those who have become dependent on opium, opium derivatives, and medicines that containe opiates?

a. withdrawl

b. syndrome

c. addiction

d. tolerance

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Drug Abuse and Crime

Difficulty Level: Medium

33. Which of the following takes place when the body requires larger and larger dosages of the substance to experience the desired effect?

a. withdrawl sydnrome

b. psychological dependence

c. addiction

d. tolerance

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Drug Abuse and Crime

Difficulty Level: Medium

34. Which of the following suggests that the effects of drugs lead a person to commit crime, mostly violence?

a. withdrawal syndrome

b. psychopharmacological explanation

c. systemic explanation

d. broken windows theory

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Drug Abuse and Crime

Difficulty Level: Medium

35. In the United States, public drunkenness is covered by all of the following laws except ______.

a. breach of peace

b. disorderly conduct

c. public intoxication

d. binge drinking

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Drunkenness

Difficulty Level: Medium

36. The “noble experiment” and “great illusion” were both terms used to refer to ______.

a. the California cocaine project

b. the Netherlands’ legalization of marijuana

c. Prohibition

d. red light districts

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Easy

37. Which of the following implemented the prohibition of alcohol in 1919?

a. The Boggs Act

b. The Golden Rule Disposition

c. The Harrison Act

d. The Volstead Act

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Easy

38. Which of the following phases of alcohol addiction involves occasional blackouts or amnesia, faking alibis, and a complusion to drink?

a. pre-alcholic phase

b. intermediate phase

c. crucial phase

d. final phase

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. Which of the following phases of alcohol addiction involves occasional relief drinking as a means of alleviating tension?

a. pre-alcholic phase

b. intermediate phase

c. crucial phase

d. final phase

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Medium

40. Which of the following phases of alcohol addiction takes place when the loss of control becomes more complete and the drinker is no longer able to maintain a resolution not to drink?

a. pre-alcholic phase

b. intermediate phase

c. crucial phase

d. final phase

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Medium

41. Which of the following phases of alcohol addiction is characterized by the drinker’s extensive emotional disorganization?

a. pre-alcholic phase

b. intermediate phase

c. crucial phase

d. final phase

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Medium

42. All of the following are outcomes of overcriminalization except ______.

a. laws are virtually unenforceable

b. penalties are often ineffective or inappropriate

c. laws tie up law enforcement agencies in thankless tasks

d. state interference makes matters worse

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Overcriminalization

Difficulty Level: Medium

43. ______ refers to the process of lessening the penalties attached to particular offenses.

a. Decriminalization

b. Delegalization

c. Legality weakening

d. Morality weakening

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Decriminalization

Difficulty Level: Easy

44. All of the following are arguments in support of decriminalizing many public order crimes except ______.

a. activities should not be the concern of the state and formal agents of social control

b. state interference with much of this behavior often makes matters better

c. such laws tends to accomplish little with those already favorably disposed to such activity

d. law enforcement officers’ focus on public order crimes overburdens the system

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Decriminalization

Difficulty Level: Medium

45. Which theory is best associated with public order crime?

a. developmental/life course

b. labeling

c. social disorganization

d. strain

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.6: Assess how criminological theories apply to public order crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Theory and Crime

Difficulty Level: Easy

46. ______ theory best explains most public order crime.

a. Social disorganization

b. Routine activities

c. Anomie

d. Societal reaction

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.6: Assess how criminological theories apply to public order crime

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Theory and Crime

Difficulty Level: Easy

47. Most public order crimes ______.

a. arouse strong disapproval from society and result in harsh punitive measures

b. are regulated by federal laws

c. would be considered mala in se

d. would be considered mala prohibita

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Summary

Difficulty Level: Easy

True / False

1. In many victimless crimes, the offenders have customers rather than victims.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Folk crime refers to relatively common violations that occur in part because of the complexity of modern society.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Crimes without victims are described as “legislated morality” in which there is no identifiable victim other than the person himself or herself.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. A large decrease in crime in New York City in the 1990s was attributed to “zero tolerance” policies, although this reason is often disputed.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Broken Windows

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Prostitution is sometimes referred to as the “world’s oldest profession.”

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. The practice of prostitution emerged in the 1800s during the Industrial Revolution, and appears to be a phenomenon unique to capitalist societies.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. In some countries and most U.S. states, prostitution is a criminal offense.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Escort services generally are fronts for prostitution in which clients may pay per hour for the company and “services” of usually attractive young women.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. The term trick is derisively used to refer to the fact that the hooker tricks the john into paying for what he should be able to obtain for free.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Johns

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. The internet, cell phones, and escort services have all made prostitution more noticeable.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Johns

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Most instances of voyeurism are rarely committed as a prelude to more serious sexual attacks.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexual Offenses

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Sadism refers to the attainment of sexual gratification by means of inflicting pain on others.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Paraphilia

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Frotteruism generally involves the purposive public exposure, usually by males, of private sexual parts, to elicit shock in unsuspecting victims.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Paraphilia

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Voyeurs attain sexual gratification by viewing others in an unclad state.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Paraphilia

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. There is often little relationship between the known harmful effects of a particular drug and its legal status.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Drug Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. Howard Becker coined the term “moral entrepreneurs” to refer to individuals who are labeled as deviant by others.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Drugs and History

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. Addiction involves a physiological dependence commonly referred to as tolerance, in which the body requires larger and larger doses of the substance to experience the desired effect.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Drug Abuse and Crime

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. The U.S. Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act requiring that all states set a minimum dirinking age of 18.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Drunkenness

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. Despite popular opinion, research has not clearly indicated that “problem drinking” is a major ingredient in crimes of violence.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Drunkenness

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. The National Minium Drinking Age Act sets the United States apart from other developed Western nations.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Drunkenness

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. The majority of homicides, aggravated assaults, a large proportion of rapes, and about half of all vehicular deaths are believed to be alcohol related.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Drunkenness

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Alcoholism or problem drinking is no longer the number one drug abuse problem in the United States.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Drunkenness

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. Prohibition eliminated the alcohol problem.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. The pre-alcoholic phase involves occasional relief drinking as a means of alleviating tension.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. Secretive drinking, occasional blackouts or amnesia, faking alibis, and a compulsion to drink are accompanied by a loss of control.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Problem drinking also known as alcoholism—a dependency on or addiction to alcohol.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. A large portion of offenders are reached by the criminal justice system or deterred by the criminal status of the offense.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Societal Reaction

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. Most public order crime constitutes violations of legislated morality.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Societal Reaction

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. The extension of the criminal law into appropriate areas of moral conduct criminalize activities and stigmatize their participants.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Overcriminalization

Difficulty Level: Easy

30. Overcriminalization has led to a series of laws that are always enforceable.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Overcriminalization

Difficulty Level: Easy

31. The issue of decriminalization is a matter of degrees of regulation or deregulation rather than of categorical legalization or illegalization.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Decriminalization

Difficulty Level: Easy

32. The degree of decriminalization does not vary with the type of offense.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Decriminalization

Difficulty Level: Easy

33. Civil commitment proceedings in which psychological treatment is prescribed are an important tool for the protection of society.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Decriminalization

Difficulty Level: Easy

34. Examination of the criminal careers of most public order offenders finds that most do not view themselves as criminals.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.3: Examine paraphilia and list some examples of it.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Summary

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. Public order crimes are mala in se acts.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Summary

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. List three examples of public order crimes that offend the public morality.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. List two examples of folk crime.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Identify two examples of spcial populations that are thought to create a perception that is destructive to the social order.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Broken Windows

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. What is the difference between a brothel and a massage parlor?

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Describe the typical response by the criminal justice system regarding prostitution.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Define prostitution.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. How are bar girls, call girls, and streetwalkers different?

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Types of Prostitution

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. What are two things “Johns” are motivated by?

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.2: Identify some types of prostitution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Johns

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Identify four categories of drugs that are abused. Include a specific example from each category.

Depressants: barbiturates, methaqualone, and tranquilizers

Stimulants: amphetamines, nicotine, caffeine, and methamphetamines

Hallucinogens: LSD, mescaline, peyote, PCP, and psilocybin

Inhalants: nitrous oxide, butyl nitrite, amyl nitrite, and aerosols

Nacrotics: opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, and methadone

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Drug Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Discuss the significance of the Harrison Act.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Drugs and History

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. What is the significance of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act?

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Drunkenness

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Which American President not only declared a “war on drugs” but also declared victory, claiming his administration’s drug jihad was “an untold American success story”?

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Societal Reaction

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. List two drawbacks of overcriminalization.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Overcriminalization

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Describe the central argument of broken windows theory. Based on your critical thought, as well as other information that you have learned in this class, what might be some of the advantages and disadvantages to formulating criminal justice policy around this theory?

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.1: Explain the relationship between the broken windows theory and public crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Broken Windows

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Discuss the history of regulation of alcohol. What are some reasons for regulating the availability of alcohol?

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. Identify and describe the phases of alcoholism as identified by Jellinek.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.4: Discuss the relationship between drug abuse and crime.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Prohibition Experiment

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Discuss the arguments in support of decriminalization.

1) Such activities should not be the concern of the state and formal agents of social control but are more appropriately handled by informal modes of control such as the family, community, and church.

2) State interference with much of this behavior often makes matters worse. The criminalization of drug users and view of them as criminals rather than people with medical problems has cut off the legal supply of drugs, created illegal monopolies, and forced many into criminal activity in order to support their habits.

3) Such laws tend to accomplish little with those already favorably disposed to such activity. Homosexuality, prostitution, gambling, and the like have been and will continue to be persistent activities in modern society.

4) Law enforcement officers’ focus on such public order crimes overburdens the criminal justice system with inappropriate tasks, preventing the deployment of resources in combating more serious crimes.

KEY: Learning Objective: 14.5: Review the role of overcriminalization and decriminalization in drug policy.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Decriminalization

Difficulty Level: Medium