SOC 2700 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Barbiturate, Crack Cocaine, Designer Drug
3 Oct 2016
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Public order crimes: sometimes referred to as victimless crimes, these crimes interfere with public order such as loitering for the purpose of prostitution. Vigilante: someone who takes the law into their own hands, and acts outside of the law in the interest of justice aka batman. Mortal crusades: efforts by interest groups to stamp out behaviour they find to be objectionable; typically public order crimes such as drug use and pornography. Moral entrepreneurs: interest groups who like to think they know it all and attempt to control social life for the purpose of promoting their own personal set of moral values. Paraphilia: abnormal sexual practices that may involve recurrent sexual urges focused on objects, humiliation, or children. Prostitution: the buying and selling of sex, not illegal in canada, although prostitution- related offences are illegal, such as pimping, brothel-keeping, and public communication of such an exchange ( aka advertising so street corners)
