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Public Order Crime MCQ

_____ is defined as uncomfortable feelings experienced when an addict who has developed tolerance to a substance is deprived of his or her drug.

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Correct Answer: Withdrawal syndrome

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_____ is gaining sexual excitement by secretly observing unknowing victims; such offenders are also called peeping Toms.

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Correct Answer: Voyeurism

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Is public order crime vice crimes, or crimes without victims?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as also known as alcoholism; a dependency on or addiction to alcohol.

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Correct Answer: Problem drinking

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_____ is defined as those who benefit by labeling activity as criminal.

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Correct Answer: Moral entrepreneurs

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_____ is customers of prostitutes.

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Correct Answer: Johns

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Is incest sexual activity between individuals who are viewed as too closely biologically related?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as an antidrug act passed in 1914 that required a doctor’s prescription for narcotics and cocaine.

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Correct Answer: Harrison act

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_____ is defined as crimes that most everyone commits, e.g., traffic violations.

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Correct Answer: Folk crime

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_____ is when individuals have a sexual fixation on objects, attire, or body parts, usually associated with the opposite sex, e.g., feet, lingerie.

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Correct Answer: Fetishism

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Is exhibitionism individuals gaining sexual excitement by sexually exposing themselves in order to shock their victims, i.e., flashers?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the lessening of penalties attached to a particular behavior.

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Correct Answer: Decriminalization

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_____ is defined as crimes that are described as “legislated morality” in which there is no identifiable victim other than the person himself or herself.

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Correct Answer: Crimes without victims

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_____ is an approach to crime control that advocates that police not ignore small disturbances lest they lead to bigger crimes.

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Correct Answer: Broken windows

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Is addiction an extreme physical and psychological dependence on drugs?

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Correct Answer: True

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An example of an exhibitionist is ______.

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Correct Answer: Flasher

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Which type of sex offense is most closely related with child molestation?

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Correct Answer: Incest

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

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Correct Answer: True

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______ theory best explains most public order crime.

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Correct Answer: Labeling

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All of the following are common characteristics of sex offenders except ______.

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Correct Answer: The majority of offenders are older

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What term involves obtaining erotic excitement through the perception and collection of objects associated with the opposite sex?

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Correct Answer: Fetishism

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The highest prestige form of prostitution is the call girl.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following are considered outcomes of overcriminalization?

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The floodgate theory suggests that the decriminalization of an act will increase such behavior.

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Correct Answer: True

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______ is an example of a public order/victimless crime.

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Correct Answer: Drug and alcohol abuse

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In most states prostitution is considered a ______.

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Correct Answer: Misdemeanor

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

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Correct Answer: True

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______ is another name for a customer of prostitution.

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Correct Answer: John

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Massage parlors became quite common in North America in which of the following decades?

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Correct Answer: 1970s

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Overcriminalization refers to the process of lessening the penalties attached to particular offenses.

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Correct Answer: False

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