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Public Order Crime MCQ

Public Order Crime MCQ

 

1. _____ 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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2. _____ 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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3. Is public order crime vice crimes, or crimes without victims?

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Correct Answer: True

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4. _____ 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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5. _____ is defined as those who benefit by labeling activity as criminal.

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Correct Answer: Moral entrepreneurs

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6. _____ is customers of prostitutes.

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Correct Answer: Johns

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7. 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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8. _____ 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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9. _____ is defined as crimes that most everyone commits, e.g., traffic violations.

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Correct Answer: Folk crime

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10. _____ 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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11. 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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12. _____ is known as the lessening of penalties attached to a particular behavior.

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Correct Answer: Decriminalization

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13. _____ 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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14. _____ 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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15. Is addiction an extreme physical and psychological dependence on drugs?

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Correct Answer: True

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16. An example of an exhibitionist is ______.

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Correct Answer: Flasher

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

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Correct Answer: Incest

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18. 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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19. ______ theory best explains most public order crime.

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Correct Answer: Labeling

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20. 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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21. 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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22. The highest prestige form of prostitution is the call girl.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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23. Which of the following are considered outcomes of overcriminalization?

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Correct Answer: All of these

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

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Correct Answer: Drug and alcohol abuse

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26. In most states prostitution is considered a ______.

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Correct Answer: Misdemeanor

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27. 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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28. ______ is another name for a customer of prostitution.

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Correct Answer: John

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

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Correct Answer: False

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