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Lecture 5 Flashcards

1
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what are crimes against the public order

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those that violate prevailing morality, social policy, public opinion

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what are some examples of crimes against the public order

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  • counterfeiting
  • prostitution
  • controlled and illegal drugs
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what type of crime are occasionally called victimless crimes

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crimes against the public order

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what is counterfeiting

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unauthorized reproduction of things with intention of considering authentic

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5
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what are some controlled and illegal drugs

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  • opiods
  • methamphetamines
  • MDMA
  • ket
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6
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what is prostitution

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exchange of sex for money

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7
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true/false prostitution is illegal in canada

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false

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what things, related to prostitution, are illegal in canada

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  • publicly communicating w someone for the purposes of buying/selling sex
  • material benefit from sex
  • advertising by sez workers
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why is prostitution controversial

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  • its voluntary, and therefore victimless
  • but is also greatly associated with safety, health, social, legal, and community issues
  • often linked to other activities
  • neighbourhoods w lots of prostitution struggle w health and safety risks
  • lots of health concerns for those who engage in it (STDs)
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describe the Eustachio Gallese case

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  • 2004, he killed his ex-spouse, Deschenes, when she said she would leave him
  • was in jail until 2019
  • he was allowed to meet women to have his sexual needs met, although he was viewed as a potential danger to women
  • this enforces the idea that sex workers aren’t women, and don’t deserve to be protected
  • he was banned from a massage parlour after being violent to women there, but they didn;t report it
  • he went on to kill another women, a 22 year old sex worker named Marylene
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true/false illicit drug use is linked to crme

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  • TRUE
  • research has shown that
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how is illicit drug use linked to crime

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  • involvement of organized crime in supply and distribution
  • social disorganization associated w drug abuse
  • individuals committing crimes while under the influence of illegal drugs or for the purpose of acquiring illegal drugs
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what is canada’s national anti-drug strategy

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  • 2007
  • included a law enforcement component alongside prevention and treatment
  • was replaced by Canadian drugs and substances strategy in 2016
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what does CDSS stand for

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Canadian drugs and substances strategy

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who did the CDSS shift governance to

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  • away from the minister of justice and attorney general
  • towards the minister of health
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what are the pillars outlined by the CDSS

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  • prevention
  • treatment
  • harm reduction this is one that the CDSS restored
  • enforcement
17
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what is harm reduction (in relation to drugs)

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  • set of practical strategies and ideas seeking to reduce negative consequences associated w drug use
  • a choice to work to minimize harmful effects, rather than simply ignore or condemn them
18
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true/false a part of harm reduction is to acknowledge that for better or worse, illicit drug use is part of our world

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what is the difference between prevention and harm reduction

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  • they have the same common goal
  • prevention is to prevent the initial use or delay the initial substance use
  • harm reduction is to reduce substance use problems or harms to prevent further deterioration or death
20
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what is primary prevention/ harm reduction

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preventing the initial use of or the delay of initial substance use

21
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what is secondary prevention/ harm reduction

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early detection of or reduction of substance use once problems have already begun

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what is tertiary prevention/ harm reduction

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reducing substance use problems or harms to prevent further deterioration or death

23
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what are the categories of offences for drug laws

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  • supply offences
  • possession offences
24
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what is the cannabis act

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  • 2018
  • provides a legal framework for the legalization and regulation of producing, distributing, sale, and possession of cannabis in canada
25
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what are some key details of the cannabis act

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  • you must be of legal age to do anything related to it
  • strict penalties to sell/ provide to minors
  • can have up to 30 grams of legal dried cannabis or equivalent in other forms in public
  • illegal to take those across the border, regardless of if its legal in that other country
26
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true/false its illegal to take cannabis across the border, regardless of if its legal in that other country

27
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how long does it take to feel the effects of eaten or drank cannabis

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2 to begin
4 to feel full effects

28
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how long does it take to feel the effects of smoking or vaping cannabis

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within minutes

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