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Chapter 12: Public-Order, Offenses and Values
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Public-Order Offenses
An activity that is against the law and offends the values, norms and morals of society
Victimless Crime
An activity that offends the values of a segment of society and is against the law but causes no
harm
Morality and crime
Morality is concerned with values, however personal values are not encoded into the law
Omnibus Drug Act,1988
Proscriptions on money laundering,the use of airplanes in drug activities,the sale of
firearms to felons,authorized the death penalty
Legalization
The complete removal of legal proscriptions on acts that were previously illegal
Decriminalization
The lessening or removal of penalties for acts previously subject to criminal
prosecution,arrest and incarceration