1. Chapter 13 Public Order Crimes
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2. Chapter Outline
Drug abuse and crime Alcohol and crime Sexual morality offenses

3. Legislative Acts Regulating Drug Use in the United States
Harrison Act (1914)
Regulated domestic use, sale, and transfer of opium and coca products
Marijuana Tax Act (1937)
Placed a prohibitive tax of $100 an ounce on the drug
Boggs Act (1951)
Increased penalties for possession of and trafficking in marijuana
Controlled Substances Act (1970)
Placed marijuana in the category of the most serious substances

4. Legislative Acts Regulating Drug Use in the United States (continued)
1970 federal legislation made it necessary to bring state legislation into conformity with federal law
Uniform Controlled Substances Act
Title 21 of the United States Code
All federal laws
Amendments that were passed since 1970
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

5. Patterns of Drug Abuse 1950s 1960s 1980s 1989
Heroin abuse in inner cities among young black and Hispanic males
1960s
Marijuana became drug of choice among the whites and the middle-class
1980s
Cocaine use among prosperous professionals in their 20s and 30s
1989
Use of crank
Mixture of crack and heroin

6. Criminal Implications of Addiction
Money laundering: Concealing illegally obtained money
Catastrophic political impact on drug- producing countries
High incidence of corruption and crime
Government instability and coups
Alliance of drug dealers with terrorist groups

7. Drug Control Treatment approach through:
Self-help groups and psychotherapy
Detoxification
Rap houses
Community social-action efforts
Residential therapeutic communities
Methadone maintenance programs
Drug court

8. Drug Control (continued)
Legalization
Subjecting drugs to some government control and restrictions but making them available to all adults
Challenges
Conflicting legal jurisdictions
Laws governing possession versus sales

9. Legalization of Alcohol
Ratification in 1971 of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowered the minimum-age requirement for the purchase and sale of alcoholic beverages

10. Violence Related to Alcohol
Reduces restraint on aggression Reduces awareness of consequences Social situations where violence is an expected behavior Drunk driving

11. Sexual Morality Offenses
Statutory rape: Illegal sexual activity between two people when it would otherwise be legal if not for their age
Prostitution: Solicitation of sex for money
White Slave Traffic Act - Prohibits the interstate transportation of females for purposes of prostitution

12. Sexual Morality Offenses (continued 1)
Deviate sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse per os or per anum between human beings who are not husband and wife and any form of sexual intercourse with an animal
Known as sodomy in common law

13. Sexual Morality Offenses (continued 2)
Pornography
Portrayal of sexually explicit material
Criminal offense to produce, offer for sale, sell, distribute, or exhibit certain kinds of pornographic material
Regulation of pornography on the Internet lacks global cooperation
Gap exists between sexual morality offenses and the law

14. Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography (1986)
Leads to a greater acceptance of rape myths and violence against women Results in pronounced effects when the victim is shown enjoying the use of force or violence Arousing for rapists and for some males Results in sexual aggression against women in the laboratory

15. Pornography and the Internet
Communications Decency Act (1996)
Felony to:
Knowingly use a telecommunications device or interactive computer to send an indecent communication to a child
Use a computer to display indecent material in a manner accessible to a child
Violations punishable by up to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of $250,000

16. Pornography and the Internet (continued)
Issues surrounding government regulation
Legislation on pornography varies around the world making it easier to be sent across borders
Distinction between eroticism and child pornography