Criminal Justice And Moral Issues,9781931719629

Criminal Justice And Moral Issues

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ISBN13: 9781931719629
ISBN10: 1931719624
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Pub. Date: 2005-09-01
Publisher(s): Roxbury Pub Co
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1: Morality, Harm, and Criminal Justice 1(28)
Crimes Without Victims?
6(5)
The Notion of Harm
11(1)
Morality and Criminal Law
12(10)
Suicide and Attempted Suicide
13(1)
Physician-Assisted Suicide
14(2)
Usury
16(2)
Bad Samaritans
18(2)
Motorcycle Helmets
20(2)
Determining Moral Standards
22(7)
Chapter 2: Prostitution/Sex Work 29(32)
The Biblical Heritage
30(1)
Criminal Law and Prostitution
30(2)
Explaining the Law's Intransigence
31(1)
Prostitution and Sexual Liberation
32(9)
The Cast in the Performance of Prostitution
33(2)
Urban Enforcement: Los Angeles
35(1)
The BMW Caper
36(1)
The Hollywood Madam
36(2)
Licensed Brothels: Nevada
38(1)
The Wolfenden Report and Kerb Crawling
39(2)
Feminism and Prostitution
41(2)
Legalizing Prostitution: Yeas and Nays
43(3)
Prostitution, Venereal Disease, and AIDS
44(1)
Other Impacts of Prostitution
45(1)
Prostitutes, Pimps, and the Public
46(7)
The Prostitute/Sex Worker
46(2)
Customers/Johns
48(2)
Pimps
50(1)
Impact of Prostitution on Society
51(2)
Conclusion
53(8)
For Legalizing Prostitution
54(1)
Against Decriminalizing Prostitution
55(6)
Chapter 3: Drugs 61(44)
What Is a Drug?
63(3)
Patterns of Drug Use
66(9)
Illegal Drug Use: Marijuana
68(2)
Illegal Drug Use: Heroin
70(3)
Illegal Drug Use: Cocaine
73(2)
How Much Do Illegal Drugs Cost?
75(1)
The Relationship Between Crime and Drugs
76(3)
Drug-Defined Crimes
77(1)
Drug-Related Crimes
77(1)
Drug-Using Crimes
78(1)
Current Drug Policies and How We Got There
79(14)
Drugs, Race, and Ethnicity
81(3)
The Prohibition Experience
84(4)
Modern Legal Prohibitions
88(2)
The Netherlands' Approach to Drug Control
90(3)
What Kind of a Problem Is 'Drugs'?
93(3)
Decriminalization Does Not Solve the Problem of Drugs
96(4)
Conclusion
100(5)
Chapter 4: Homosexuality 105(36)
Defining Homosexuality
107(3)
Homosexual Behavior
107(1)
Homosexual Preference or Orientation
108(1)
Homosexual Identity or Self-Concept
109(1)
Causes of Homosexuality
110(6)
The Biological Perspective
110(3)
The Learning Perspective
113(3)
Public Opinion and Homosexuality
116(2)
The Regulation of Homosexuality
118(8)
The Social Regulation of Sexuality
119(1)
Religious and Legal Regulation of Sexuality
120(4)
The Consequences of Legal Regulation
124(2)
The Gay Movement and Gay Communities
126(3)
Two Additional Issues
129(6)
Same-Sex Marriages
129(4)
Homosexuality as a Protected Status
133(2)
Conclusion
135(6)
Chapter 5: Abortion 141(34)
Theology and Abortion
143(3)
Roman Catholicism
143(2)
Judaism
145(1)
Abortion Before It Became Legal
146(2)
Roe v. Wade and Its Progeny
148(9)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
148(2)
The Webster Decision (1989)
150(1)
The Casey Decision (1992)
151(1)
The Partial-Birth Abortion Act (2003)
152(2)
Unborn Victims of Violence Act (2004)
154(1)
RU-486 (Mifepristone)
155(1)
Plan B: The Morning After Pill
156(1)
Parental Notification and Abortion
157(2)
How Many Abortions Are There?
159(3)
Abortion Views in Context
162(6)
Arguments: Pro and Con
162(2)
Arguments Against Legalized Abortion
164(3)
Arguments for Legalized Abortion
167(1)
Conclusion
168(7)
Chapter 6: Pornography 175(30)
Definitions
175(2)
The Ubiquity of Pornography
177(9)
The Pornography Industry
180(4)
The Pornography Commissions
184(2)
Public Concern Over Pornography
186(1)
The Regulation of Pornography
187(5)
The Law and Pornography
188(4)
The Effects of Pornography
192(4)
Harmful Effects
192(3)
Positive Effects, or Potentially Beneficial Functions of Pornography
195(1)
The Feminist Response to Pornography
196(3)
Conclusion
199(6)
Chapter 7: Gambling 205(32)
The Context of Gambling
208(17)
Casino Gambling
209(3)
Slot Machines
212(1)
Riverboat Gambling
213(2)
Native-American Casinos
215(2)
Internet Gambling
217(3)
Lotteries
220(1)
Gambling on Numbers
220(1)
Lotteries Re-emerge
221(1)
Off-Track Betting
222(3)
Conclusion
225(12)
Chapter 8: Conclusion 237(20)
Harm, Risk, and the Law
237(2)
Can the Law Create Problems?
239(3)
What Should We Call Them?
242(3)
The Wolfenden Report
245(2)
Are There Limits to Law?
247(3)
Immorality
248(1)
Privacy
249(1)
Alternative Controls
250(2)
Harm to Others
250(1)
Are They Enforceable?
251(1)
What Problems Are Appropriate for Law?
252(1)
Conclusion
253(4)
Author Index 257(4)
Subject Index 261

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