Chapter Thirteen

Question 1

public order crimes

Answer 1

behaviors that are outlawed because they threaten the general well-being of society and challenge accepted moral principles

Question 2

victimless crimes

Answer 2

public order crimes that violate the moral order but have no specific victim other than society as a whole

Question 3

social harm

Answer 3

the injury caused to others by willful wrongful conduct

Question 4

moral entrepreneurs

Answer 4

individuals who create moral rules, which thus reflect the values of those in power, rather than any objective, universal standards of right and wrong

Question 5

paraphilias

Answer 5

bizarre or abnormal sexual practices that may involve nonhuman objects, humiliation, or children

Question 6

prostitution

Answer 6

granting of nonmarital sexual access for remuneration

Question 7

obsecentity

Answer 7

material that violates community standards of morality or decency and has no redeeming social value

Question 8

temperance movement

Answer 8

the drive to prohibit the sale of alcohol in the US culminating in ratification of the 18th Amendment in 1919

Question 9

Prohibition

Answer 9

the period from 1919 to 1933 when the 18th amendment to the US constitution outlawed the sale of alcohol; also known as the “noble experiment”

Question 10

binge-drinking

Answer 10

having five or more drinks on the same occasion

Question 11

drug-dependent personality

Answer 11

a personal trait characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on mood-altering substances

Question 12

narcotic

Answer 12

drug that induces sleep and relieves pain, such as heroin, morphine, and opium; a habit-forming drug