Criminal justice and moral issues / (Record no. 2277)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 04518nam a2200277Ia 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1931719624
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency MANILA TYTANA COLLEGES LIBRARY
090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (RLIN)
Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) CIR HV 7419 M45 2006
001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 090912162120312
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Meier, Robert F. (Robert Frank)
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Criminal justice and moral issues /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Robert F. Meier, Gilbert Geis.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Calif. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Roxbury Pub.,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2006.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 272 p. ;
Dimensions 23 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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 --
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Crime--Moral and ethical aspects.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Criminal justice, Administration of--Moral and ethical aspects.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Decriminalization.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Law and ethics.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social control.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States--Moral conditions.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Geis, Gilbert.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Circulation Books
998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN)
Cataloger's initials, CIN (RLIN) 2277
First Date, FD (RLIN) 60640
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date last checked out Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Manila Tytana Colleges Library Manila Tytana Colleges Library CIRCULATION SECTION 09/12/2009 3 CIR HV 7419 M45 2006 014280 05/23/2023 05/22/2023 11/03/2014 Circulation Books
Manila Tytana Colleges Library | Metropolitan Park, Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Blvd., Pasay City, 1300
Tel.(+63-2) 859-0826 | E-mail library@mtc.edu.ph