CRM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Drug Liberalization, Prohibition Of Drugs, Medicalization

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 101
• Professor: Daniel Alati

Document Summary

Public order crimes (victimless crimes) are acts that interfere with public order, such as loitering for the purposes of prostitution. Mala prohibitum: crimes that are crimes because they violate prevailing moral rules. Temple priests engages in sex to encourage fertility in the community. All women had to do temple duty . Solon established licensed brothels in 50 bce. Earnings of greek prostitutes helped pay for the temple of aphrodite, where famous men went to enjoy intellectual, aesthetic and sexual stimulation. Condemned prostitution; prostitutes were emissaries of the devil. English brewery companies used prostitutes to attract customers and encourage them to drink. Defined as the consensual exchange of sex for money and money for sex. Not illegal but virtually impossible not to break some part of the law. Difficult to measure due to the fact that it is mostly underground and unreported. Many jurisdictions are not enforcing or enforcing differentially. Opium as the plant of joy (2000 b. c. e. )