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Public order crime
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Behavior that is outlawed because it threatens the general well-being of society and challenges its accepted moral principles
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Victimless crime
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Public order crime that violates the moral order but has no specific victim other than society as a whole
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Social harm
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The injury caused to others by willful wrongful conduct
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Moral entrepeneur
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A person who creates moral rules, which thus reflect the values of those in power, rather than any objective, universal standards of right and wrong
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Paraphilia
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Bizarre or abnormal sexual practices that may involve nonhuman objects, humiliation, or children
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Prostitution
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The granting of nonmarital sexual access for remuneration
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Ehooking
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Using the internet for purposed of prostitution in order to shield identites and contact clients
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Pornography
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Sexually explicit books, magazines, films, and DVDs intended to provde sexual titilation and excitement for paying customers
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Obscenity
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Material that violates community standards f morality or decency and has no redeeming social value
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Temperance movement
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The drive to prohibit the sale of alcohol in the U.S. culminating in ratification of the 18th amendment
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Prohibition
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The period from 1919 to 1933 when the 18 amendment to the U.S constitution outlawed the sale of alcohol; also knowns as the "noble experiment"
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Binge drinking
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Having five or more drinks on the same acasion (that is, at the same time or withint a coupe of hours of each other) on at least 1 day inthe pat 30 days
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Heavy drinking
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Having five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days
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Drug-dependet personality
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A personal trait characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on mood-altering substances
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Narcotic
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A drug that produces sleep and relieves pain, such as heroin, morphine, and opium, a habit-forming drug
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