1. _____ is wandering the street with no apparent means of earning a living.
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vagrancy
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2. Is unlawful assembly a gathering of at least three individuals for the purpose of engaging or preparing to engage in conduct likely to cause public alarm?
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True
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3. _____ is known as requesting another person to engage in an act of prostitution.
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solicitation for prostitution
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4. _____ is defined as three or more persons taking steps toward the creation of a riot.
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rout
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5. _____ is group disorderly conduct by three or more persons.
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riot
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6. Is public indecencies public drunkenness, vagrancy, loitering, panhandling, graffiti, and urinating and sleeping in public?
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True
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7. _____ is known as soliciting or engaging in sexual activity in exchange for money or other consideration.
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prostitution
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8. _____ is defined as aiding or abetting prostitution.
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promoting prostitution
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9. _____ is procuring a prostitute for another.
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pimping
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10. Is pandering encouraging and inducing another to remain a prostitute?
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True
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11. _____ is known as description or representation of sexual conduct that, taken as a whole by the average person applying contemporary community standards, appeals to the prurient interest in sex. Sex is portrayed in a patently offensive way and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value when taken as a whole.
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obscenity
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12. _____ is defined as crime of stimulating the genitals of another.
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masturbation for hire
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13. _____ is standing in public with no apparent purpose.
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loitering
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14. Is living off prostitution being knowingly supported in whole or in substantial part by the proceeds of prostitution?
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True
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15. _____ is known as willful exposing of the genitals of one person to another in a public place for purposes of sexual arousal or gratification.
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lewdness
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16. _____ is defined as the crime of using a building for prostitution.
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keeping a place of prostitution
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17. _____ is an act of public indecency.
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indecent exposure
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18. Is immorality crime prostitution, obscenity, bigamy, and other offenses against the moral order?
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True
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19. _____ is known as name of the act when an unmarried person has voluntary sexual intercourse with another individual.
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fornication
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20. _____ is defined as intentionally or knowingly causing or risking public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm.
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disorderly conduct
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21. _____ is misdemeanor offenses that diminish the sense of safety and security in a neighborhood.
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crimes against the quality of life
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22. Is crimes against public order and morality offenses that threaten public peace, quiet, and tranquility?
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True
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23. _____ is known as a juvenile engaged in actual or simulated sexual activity or in the lewd display of genitals.
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child pornography
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24. _____ is defined as failing to prevent and punish misdemeanor offenses causes major crimes.
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broken windows theory
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25. _____ is an act that disturbs or tends to disturb the
tranquility of citizens.
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breach of the peace
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26. Is bigamy marrying another while already having a living spouse?
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True
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27. _____ is known as consensual sexual intercourse between a male and a
female, at least one of whom is married to someone else.
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adultery
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28. All of the following are parts of the test for obscenity EXCEPT ______.
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Is in the public domain
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29. The crime of cruelty to animals is NOT recognized as an offense.
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False
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30. A group of students are canoeing down a river when their canoe capsizes. Clearly frustrated by this event the begin yelling and cursing quite loudly. The river runs near several residential areas. Can the students be charged with disorderly conduct?
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Yes, such behavior can easily cause a disturbance to others.
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31. Some believe criminalizing private behavior actually increases rather than decreases crime.
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True
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32. Committing a crime (such as a robbery) as a member of a gang is an aggravating factor in most jurisdictions.
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True
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33. What causes an unlawful assembly to be upgraded to a riot?
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The commission of violence
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34. Today how many states have felony provisions in their animal cruelty laws?
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48
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35. A group of Puerto Rican immigrants gather on the sidewalk outside their Chicago apartments for a party and a barbecue. By the end of the evening several of the partygoers are intoxicated. Is this an offense?
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Yes, public drunkenness is a so-called quality of life crime.
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36. Any material that depicts actual children under the statutory age (typically 16) engaging in sexual activity is always classified as child pornography regardless of any intrinsic value.
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True
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37. All of the following are activities that have been criminalized in at least one jurisdiction EXCEPT ______.
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Acknowledging the homeless
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38. A teen is standing around in front of a convenience store. He appears to not be doing anything besides just standing. If he does this for an extended period of time, of what crime may he be guilty?
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Loitering
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39. Arrests for disorderly conduct in a given year are generally equal to the number arrested for all violent crimes combined.
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True
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40. If a neighborhood is left in disrepair with weeds, graffiti, and abandoned homes, which theory states that the small undesirable things will start a big downward spiral leading to crime, drugs, gangs, etc.?
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Broken windows theory
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41. As problematic as gangs are, states are not allowed outlaw gang membership.
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True
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42. Crimes against morality are sometimes called victimless crimes because they do not harm anyone.
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False
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Contemporary Criminal Law (U.S.) MCQs | Topic-wise
