Public Order Crimes Flashcards
What are public order crimes in three points?
- may be regarded as victimless crimes
- violates the prevailing moral rules
- prohibit the sale and distribution of selected goods and services.
What are moral entrepreneurs?
Person who creates moral rules to reflect values of those in power.
What are politicians, scientists, religious institution, media and commercial enterprise ?
Moral entrepreneurs
Name three reasons why it is hard to control sex for profit?
Laws are difficult to write.
Laws are difficult to enforce.
Technology increases the ability to disseminate and communicate.
Define prostitution
The consensual act of sex for money established by mutual agreement of the prostitution, their client and their employer
Name the 6 types of prostitutes
Street workers Bar girls Brothel workers Call girls Escort services/call houses Circuit travelers
Describe street workers
- prostitutes who work the street in plain sight of police and citizens
- considered the least attractive women. Lowest paid. Most vulnerable in the profession.
- wear bright cloths, makeup jewellery to attract customers
- take customers to hotels
- have higher incidence of drug abuse and survival sex work
- many are young runaways escaping abuse
Define bar girls
- spend time in bars, drinking and waiting to be picked up by customers.
- usually work out arrangement with bartender to be served water with dye or tea.
- commonly found in towns with military bases and large transient population
Describe. Brothel workers
Brothels flourishes in 19th early 20th century
Large establishement usually run by madams
Madam employs prostitutes, supervises behaviour
Brothel devil ones in importance after wwii
Describe call girls
Aristocrat of prpstitutes
Charge up to 1500/night
Some employed in escort services, others are independent
Many come up middle class bachgrounss and service upper class customers
Concentrate on making clients feel important attractive
Significant risk by being along unprotected with customer
Describe escort services/call houses
Some escort services front prostitution rings.
Clients can respond to internet adds or adds in yellow pages.
Describe circuit travelers
Move around in groups of 2-3 to lumbar, labour, agriculture camps.
They ask foreman for persmission to ply their trade, service whole crew in one evening, then move on.
Some young girls forced to become circuit travellers by their pimps
Some circuits travellers seek clients as truck stops rest areas
What are factors that could lead to becoming a prostitute
Troubles families Conflict with school Drug abuse Desire for money Dislike of discipline odntraditional work Few are coerced into prostitution
What is typical in the background of a street prostitute
Dysfunctional family. Violent abuse (82% girls, 100% guys) Conflicts with school authorities and poor grades Drug abuse
Why is the typical motivation to becomes a prostitute
Desire for money, luxuries, drugs
Initiated by family member or bf.
Few are coerced into prostitution