Public Order Crimes

a.k.a. Victimless Crimes

 Public Order Crimes

• Limit behaviour that runs _____________________,

customs, and values
• _______________: involves acts that interfere with
the operation of society and the ability of people to
function efficiently.
• They outlaw _____
sir and ______.
Nice
• Examples?
Law and Morality
• Are victimless crimes victimless?
• E.g. ________ and prostitution.
• Who defines morality?
differences
• Are we punishing _______ rather than social
harm?
speech and
• Does this limit freedom of _______
political opinion?
 Moral Crusaders
• Moral ___________
entrepreneurs
• Howard Becker
• Undertake “moral
crusades” to have their
↳______
aloes incorporated
into law.
• E.g. same-sex
marriage opponents.
• Encourage “moral
______.”
panic
 Prostitution
set for
• Consensual exchange of ____
money.
• Not a _______________.
crime perse
• Sections 213 of Criminal Code
includes
• solicitation
_________ (communicating for
purposes of prostitution).

procurement
(pimping out)
 Prostitution
• It is now ______
legal for prostitutes to hire drivers, bodyguards
and support staff

• It is now ______ organizedbrothels

legal for prostitutes to work in _______
or “bawdy houses”
• “____________”
Exploitation of sex workers by pimps is _______,
illegal as is
openly soliciting customers on the street

-
 Types of Prostitutes
• Call
___________
GrLS
• Streetwalkers
____________ • Independent or escort services.
• Runaways, ethnic minorities, • Often ____-income earners.
high
_____ incidence of drug abuse.
high Worst:
• __________
Bar Girls • ____________
Circut Travelers
• In military towns, transient
__________
• Groups of two or three.
populations.
• Visit lumber camps, truck ______.
stops
• ________
Brothel (bordello) workers. • Some are ________
enslaved by pimps.
• Run by madams (former
_________).
prostitutes
 Reasons for Becoming a Prostitute
• troubled
_________ families. • ______
Drug abuse
• _______,
Heroin _______.
cocaine

• Conflict with _______.

school • Desire for ______,
money luxuries.
• Poor ________.
grades • Easy money.
• Few are _______
coerced into
• Dislike of discipline of prostitution.
traditional ______.
Work
* test twoshort

makin
servicing
Profile of Canadian Prostitutes

• Careers last less than ____ trmizers

• Begin careers while they are ________
i years (_____ years old)
• Ratio of female to male prostitutes is about __ to __
• Most are ______
Single (____
20% are married)
• socioeconomic
____________________
backgrounds vary (majority from lower
and middle class)
• Most identify similar trait?
• childhood
__________________
abuse at the hands of a male
 Entry into Prostitution
• 3 entry process:
• 1._______________:
Exploitation
• frequent in recruitment of girls
• ages _______
12-1G
Pimps exploit victims until _______
Financially and _________
emotionally dependent
• Then engage them in ____________
commercial sex
• 2. _________________:
Big Sister Figure
• Older experienced female prostitutes influence _______
novices ages
_________
12-19
• Engage them in parties with other _____________
promiscuous girls
• Eventually select __________
sexual partners based on __________ terms
monetary
 Entry into Prostitution
• Independent Decision
3. _________________:
• Mature individuals age ________
18-25
• Economic
_________ necessity
• Decision process e.g. little _________
education therefore more $
• May be encouraged by ________
Friend or ________
lover to enter the
profession
 Pornography
• What is pornography?
• ________
Difficult to define
• What is _______?
obscene Who _________?
decides

• Supreme Court definition

• _______which
medio links sex with undue exploitation, violence, or degrading or
dehumanizing treatment and which has no redeeming _______________.
social value
 Is Pornography Harmful?
• Child Pornography
• Use of children in _________
sexually explicit material.
• Under ___
18 (or depicted as being under ____).
·Of
• _______depiction
Visual -acting mino
• Written material advocating ____
sex with minors.
Punder 18

of consent:1.
age 18
pornography:
15 girl ->/5 boyfriend
#

Victim
 Child Pornography Rings

• Study found _________

55 rings in North America
• Children ages _____,
3-17 predominantly ______
male
• Recruiters use position of ______
frost (counsellor, teacher)
• 1._____________:
transition rings are impromptu groups set up to sell
and trade photos and sex
• 2. 3010
_____________:
Sex Rings involve several children and an adult
who recruits them for sexual activity
• 3. _____________:
sundicate rings well structured organizations that
recruit children and have extensive networks of
customers
 Child Victims of Prostitution and Pornography

Exploited
• ________children are prone to acting out _________
behaviours
• For example: setting _____
fines and becoming sexually
focused in the use of ________,
language dress, and
________
mannerisms
• Extended and prolonged __________,
victimization children may
lock onto _____
sex group’s behaviour
• Become prone to further victimization or even
become victimizers __________.
themselves
 online
a

T
legal indeed
Illegal Gambling if it's
Canada

So
we
• Section _____
207 of the Criminal Code
• Province has __________
exclusive rights.
• Need permission from ____________ to operate lotteries, make or ______

gone.
are
bets, hold a _______.
pool
• Gambling over the Internet is _______.

illegal inits or of
e

Canada
 Why have we legalized?

organized crime
• 1. Legalization undermines ________
• 2. Public is more ________
tolerant
• 3. Government use _________
revenue

• Are legislative bodies ______ on human weakness?

preying

- online
gambling (human
weakness)
 Characteristics

• ¾ of ______
adult Canadians spent money on some form
of gambling this year
• $____
17 billion spent on lotteries
• _____
&1 %. of adult gamblers are male
• _____college students
ke,
• _____ employed full time :gamble
• _____
491 sought assistance for their gambling problem
• ____
10% of all suicides in Canada relate to gambling
• Why?
↳can't
pay back