CRI205H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Designer Drug, Special Police, Paraphilia
26 Jan 2017
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January 23 2017 (l03 readings) chapter 13. Society has always limited behaviours believed to run contrary to social norms, values, and customs, these types of victimless crimes are also known as public order crimes. Some argue that punishment based on morality is impossible, no one can define it, and punishment on the basis of morality is on difference rather than social harm. Arguably, theft because of poverty, polygamy, or euthanasia. Law"s that don"t receive public support are difficult to enforce; prosecutors have failed to gain convictions for euthanasia based cases because of this. Vigilante individuals who take the law into their own hands, without formal authoritative legal support, in the interest of justice or morality. Moral crusades efforts by interest groups to stamp out behaviour they find objectionable; typically, public order crimes like prostitution or pornography. Moral entrepreneurs interest groups who attempt to control social life in order to promote their own set of values and moral beliefs.
