Public Order Crimes

Question 1

What are public order crimes in three points?

Answer 1

• may be regarded as victimless crimes
• violates the prevailing moral rules
• prohibit the sale and distribution of selected goods and services.

Question 2

What are moral entrepreneurs?

Answer 2

Person who creates moral rules to reflect values of those in power.

Question 3

What are politicians, scientists, religious institution, media and commercial enterprise ?

Answer 3

Moral entrepreneurs

Question 4

Name three reasons why it is hard to control sex for profit?

Answer 4

Laws are difficult to write.
Laws are difficult to enforce.
Technology increases the ability to disseminate and communicate.

Question 5

Define prostitution

Answer 5

The consensual act of sex for money established by mutual agreement of the prostitution, their client and their employer

Question 6

Name the 6 types of prostitutes

Answer 6

Street workers
Bar girls 
Brothel workers
Call girls 
Escort services/call houses 
Circuit travelers

Question 7

Describe street workers

Answer 7

• 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

Question 8

Define bar girls

Answer 8

• 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

Question 9

Describe. Brothel workers

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Describe call girls

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Describe escort services/call houses

Answer 11

Some escort services front prostitution rings.

Clients can respond to internet adds or adds in yellow pages.

Question 12

Describe circuit travelers

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What are factors that could lead to becoming a prostitute

Answer 13

Troubles families 
Conflict with school 
Drug abuse 
Desire for money 
Dislike of discipline odntraditional work 
Few are coerced into prostitution

Question 14

What is typical in the background of a street prostitute

Answer 14

Dysfunctional family. 
Violent abuse 
(82% girls, 100% guys) 
Conflicts with school authorities and poor grades 
Drug abuse

Question 15

Why is the typical motivation to becomes a prostitute

Answer 15

Desire for money, luxuries, drugs
Initiated by family member or bf.
Few are coerced into prostitution

Question 16

What are the conflicting feminist views on prostitution?

Answer 16

Sexual equality (victim of male donination ) 
Free choice view ( if freely chosen expresses equality)