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1. Morality, harm, and criminal justice
Crimes without victims?
The notion of harm
Morality and criminal law
Suicide and attempted suicide
Physician-assisted suicide
Usury
Bad Samaritans
Motorcycle helmets
Determining moral standards
2. Prostitution/sex work
The Biblical heritage
Criminal law and prostitution
Explaining the law's intransigence
Prostitution and sexual liberation
The cast in the performance of prostitution
Urban enforcement : Los Angeles
The BMW caper
The Hollywood madam
Licensed brothels : Nevada
The Wolfenden Report and Kerb crawling
Feminism and prostitution
Legalizing prostitution : yeas and nays
Prostitution, venereal disease, and AIDS
Other impacts of prostitution
Prostitutes, pimps, and the public
The prostitute/sex worker
Customers/Johns
Pimps
Impact of prostitution on society
Conclusion
For legalizing prostitution
Against decriminalizing prostitution
3. Drugs
What is a drug?
Patterns of drug use
Illegal drug use : marijuana
Illegal drug use : heroin
Illegal drug use : cocaine
How much do illegal drugs cost?
The relationship between crime and drugs
Drug-defined crimes
Drug-related crimes
Drug-using crimes
Current drug policies and how we got there
Drugs, race, and ethnicity
The prohibition experience
Modern legal prohibitions
The Netherlands' approach to drug control
What kind of a problem is 'drugs?'
Decriminalization does not solve the problem of drugs
Conclusion
4. Homosexuality
Defining homosexuality
Homosexual behavior
Homosexual preference or orientation
Homosexual identity or self-concept
Causes of homosexuality
The biological perspective
The learning perspective
Public opinion and homosexuality
The regulation of homosexuality
The social regulation of sexuality
Religious and legal regulation of sexuality
The consequences of legal regulation
The gay movement and gay communities
Two additional issues
Same-sex marriages
Homosexuality as a protected status
Conclusion
5. Abortion
Theology and abortion
Roman Catholicism
Judaism
Abortion before it became legal
Roe v. Wade and its progeny
Roe v. Wade (1973)
The Webster decision (1989)
The Casey decision (1992)
The Partial-Birth Abortion Act (2003)
Unborn Victims of Violence Act (2004)
RU-486 (Mifepristone)
Plan B : The morning after pill
Parental notification and abortion
How many abortions are there?
Abortion views in context
Arguments : pro and con
Arguments against legalized abortion
Arguments for legalized abortion
Conclusion
6. Pornography
Definitions
The ubiquity of pornography
The pornography industry
The pornography commissions
Public concern over pornography
The regulation of pornography
The law and pornography
The effects of pornography
Harmful effects
Positive effects, or potentially beneficial functions of pornography
The feminist response to pornography
Conclusion
7. Gambling
The context of gambling
Casino gambling
Slot machines
Riverboat gambling
Native-American casinos
Internet gambling
Lotteries
Gambling on numbers
Lotteries re-emerge
Off-track betting
Conclusion
8. Conclusion
Harm, risk, and the law
Can the law create problems?
What should we call them?
The Wolfenden Report
Are there limits to law?
Immorality
Privacy
Alternative controls
Harm to others
Are they enforceable?
What problems are appropriate for law?
Conclusion.
Crimes without victims?
The notion of harm
Morality and criminal law
Suicide and attempted suicide
Physician-assisted suicide
Usury
Bad Samaritans
Motorcycle helmets
Determining moral standards
2. Prostitution/sex work
The Biblical heritage
Criminal law and prostitution
Explaining the law's intransigence
Prostitution and sexual liberation
The cast in the performance of prostitution
Urban enforcement : Los Angeles
The BMW caper
The Hollywood madam
Licensed brothels : Nevada
The Wolfenden Report and Kerb crawling
Feminism and prostitution
Legalizing prostitution : yeas and nays
Prostitution, venereal disease, and AIDS
Other impacts of prostitution
Prostitutes, pimps, and the public
The prostitute/sex worker
Customers/Johns
Pimps
Impact of prostitution on society
Conclusion
For legalizing prostitution
Against decriminalizing prostitution
3. Drugs
What is a drug?
Patterns of drug use
Illegal drug use : marijuana
Illegal drug use : heroin
Illegal drug use : cocaine
How much do illegal drugs cost?
The relationship between crime and drugs
Drug-defined crimes
Drug-related crimes
Drug-using crimes
Current drug policies and how we got there
Drugs, race, and ethnicity
The prohibition experience
Modern legal prohibitions
The Netherlands' approach to drug control
What kind of a problem is 'drugs?'
Decriminalization does not solve the problem of drugs
Conclusion
4. Homosexuality
Defining homosexuality
Homosexual behavior
Homosexual preference or orientation
Homosexual identity or self-concept
Causes of homosexuality
The biological perspective
The learning perspective
Public opinion and homosexuality
The regulation of homosexuality
The social regulation of sexuality
Religious and legal regulation of sexuality
The consequences of legal regulation
The gay movement and gay communities
Two additional issues
Same-sex marriages
Homosexuality as a protected status
Conclusion
5. Abortion
Theology and abortion
Roman Catholicism
Judaism
Abortion before it became legal
Roe v. Wade and its progeny
Roe v. Wade (1973)
The Webster decision (1989)
The Casey decision (1992)
The Partial-Birth Abortion Act (2003)
Unborn Victims of Violence Act (2004)
RU-486 (Mifepristone)
Plan B : The morning after pill
Parental notification and abortion
How many abortions are there?
Abortion views in context
Arguments : pro and con
Arguments against legalized abortion
Arguments for legalized abortion
Conclusion
6. Pornography
Definitions
The ubiquity of pornography
The pornography industry
The pornography commissions
Public concern over pornography
The regulation of pornography
The law and pornography
The effects of pornography
Harmful effects
Positive effects, or potentially beneficial functions of pornography
The feminist response to pornography
Conclusion
7. Gambling
The context of gambling
Casino gambling
Slot machines
Riverboat gambling
Native-American casinos
Internet gambling
Lotteries
Gambling on numbers
Lotteries re-emerge
Off-track betting
Conclusion
8. Conclusion
Harm, risk, and the law
Can the law create problems?
What should we call them?
The Wolfenden Report
Are there limits to law?
Immorality
Privacy
Alternative controls
Harm to others
Are they enforceable?
What problems are appropriate for law?
Conclusion.