Explain Criminology Behind Human Trafficking Flashcards

A house of prostitution, typically run by a madam who sets prices and handles “business” arrangements.

Prostitutes who make dates via the phone and then service customers in hotel rooms or apartments. Call girls typically have a steady clientele who are repeat customers.

An explanation of drug abuse that posits that users begin with a more benign drug (alcohol or marijuana) and progress to ever-more potent drugs.

Violent hate crimes directed toward people because of their sexual orientation.

Extremely negative overreaction to homosexuals.

Erotic interest in members of one’s own sex.

A woman who employs prostitutes, supervises their behavior, and receives a fee for her services.

Rule creators who engage in activities to rid the world of behavior they consider wrong and depraved. Typically, moral crusaders are directed at public order crimes, such as drug abuse or pornography, although they are also interested in policy issues such as teaching evolution.

According to current legal theory, sexually explicit material that lacks a serious purpose and appeals solely to the prurient interest of the viewer. While nudity per se is not usually considered obscene, open sexual behavior, masturbation, and exhibition of the genitals is banned in most communities.

Bizarre or abnormal sexual practices that may involve recurrent sexual urges focused on objects, humiliation, or children.

Sexually explicit books, magazines, films, or tapes intended to provide sexual titillation and excitement for paying customers.

The granting of nonmarital sexual access for remuneration.

Acts that are considered illegal because they threaten the general well-being of society and challenge its accepted moral principles. Prostitution, drug use, and the sale of pornography are considered public order crimes.

Prostitutes who trade sex for drugs, usually crack.

A view that behaviors harmful to other people and society in general must be controlled. These acts are usually outlawed, but some acts that cause enormous amounts of social harm are perfectly legal, such as the consumption of tobacco and alcohol.