Chapter 13

Question 1

moral entrepreneur

Answer 1

a person who creates moral rules, which thus reflect the values of those in power than any objective, universal standards of right than wrong

Question 2

obscenity

Answer 2

matier that links sex with undue exploitation, violence, or degrading or dehumanizing treatment, and has no redeeming social value

Question 3

pornography

Answer 3

books, magazines, films, tapes, pictures, or videos that graphically exploit sex or depict sex in combination with crime, horror, cruelty or violence; includes any and all sexual exploitation of children

Question 4

Prohibition

Answer 4

In Canada, the period from about 1915-1925 when the sale of alcohol was prohibited; in the U.S. the prohibition lasted much longer, from 1919-1933

Question 5

Prostitution

Answer 5

the consensual exchange of sex for money

Question 6

Public order crime

Answer 6

behavior that is outlawed because it threatens the general well-being of society and challenges its accepted moral principles

Question 7

Temperance movement

Answer 7

the drive to prohibit the sale of alcohol in the United states and Canada, led by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

Question 8

Victimless crime

Answer 8

Public order crime that violates the moral order but has no specific victim other than society as a whole