CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Methadone, Narcotic Control Act, Medicalization
3 Apr 2017
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Crcj1000 week 12: types of crime ii: consensual sex and drug crime. Historically been thought as more deviant & dangerous than other behaviours. Sodomy punishable by death until 1869: criminalizing non-normative sex (any sex that was not reproductive) 1892 gross indecency : expanded laws to target same-sex couples, 5 years imprisonment and possibly a whipping. Decriminalized private, consensual, homosexual acts over the age of 21. Decriminalized private sex, but criminalized public sex under category of indecency . Law against indecent acts spelled out in s. 173(1) of the criminal code under heading of. Penalizes anyone who willfully does an indecent act in a public place in the presence of one or more persons or in any place with the intent to insult or offend . Indecency is not defined, left to court ruling: usually applied to sex (specifically non-normative sex, applied in ways that are discriminatory. Strip clubs (less policing) vs. gay bathhouses (more policing)
