SOC 2700 Exam (Chapter 14) Questions
and Answers.
Public order crimes - Answer sometimes called victimless crimes, these acts interfere with
public order, such as loitering for the purposes of prostitution
Vigilante - Answer Someone who takes the law into their own hands, who acts outside the law
in the interest of justice
Moral Crusades - Answer Efforts by interest-groups to stamp out behaviour they find
objectionable; typically directed at public order crimes, such as drug use or pornography
Moral entrepreneurs - Answer Interest groups that attempt to control social life and the legal
order in order to promote their own personal set of moral values
Prostitution - Answer -Earliest record of prostitution appears in ancient Mesopotamia where
priests engaged in sex to promote fertility in the community, all women were required to do
temple duty for strangers for donations to the temple
-Those who are charged in prostitution related offences are half-and-half male and female
-30% received a fine, half received probation and less than ¼ went to prison (2003-2004)
-Punishment represents how seriously the law takes prostitution
Hustlers, hookers, or streetwalkers - Answer those who work the streets, low paid, most
vulnerable
bar girls - Answer spend their time in bars, drinking and waiting to be picked up
call girls - Answer prostitutes who make dates via the phone and then service customers in
hotel rooms or apartments; the steady clientele is usually made up of repeat customers
massage parlours - Answer he more hidden side of prostitution includes seemingly legitimate
businesses where men can buy sex under the guise of massage therapy
brothels - Answer flourished in the 19th and early 20th century and ran by madams that
house several prostitutes
pimps - Answer derives his livelihood from the earnings of prostitutes
and Answers.
Public order crimes - Answer sometimes called victimless crimes, these acts interfere with
public order, such as loitering for the purposes of prostitution
Vigilante - Answer Someone who takes the law into their own hands, who acts outside the law
in the interest of justice
Moral Crusades - Answer Efforts by interest-groups to stamp out behaviour they find
objectionable; typically directed at public order crimes, such as drug use or pornography
Moral entrepreneurs - Answer Interest groups that attempt to control social life and the legal
order in order to promote their own personal set of moral values
Prostitution - Answer -Earliest record of prostitution appears in ancient Mesopotamia where
priests engaged in sex to promote fertility in the community, all women were required to do
temple duty for strangers for donations to the temple
-Those who are charged in prostitution related offences are half-and-half male and female
-30% received a fine, half received probation and less than ¼ went to prison (2003-2004)
-Punishment represents how seriously the law takes prostitution
Hustlers, hookers, or streetwalkers - Answer those who work the streets, low paid, most
vulnerable
bar girls - Answer spend their time in bars, drinking and waiting to be picked up
call girls - Answer prostitutes who make dates via the phone and then service customers in
hotel rooms or apartments; the steady clientele is usually made up of repeat customers
massage parlours - Answer he more hidden side of prostitution includes seemingly legitimate
businesses where men can buy sex under the guise of massage therapy
brothels - Answer flourished in the 19th and early 20th century and ran by madams that
house several prostitutes
pimps - Answer derives his livelihood from the earnings of prostitutes
