Response Sheet #11: Sexual Deviance and Drug Use as DevianceInstructions: On a full sheet of looseleaf
paper write your n:ame in the format "Last name, First name" in the upper right hand corner -- also write the last four digits of your student ID number. In the upper left hand corner put "Soc 436" and Response
Sheet #11." Answer questions in pen or pencil using short-answer format. You do not need to answer all of the questions. Persons whose ID number ends in 0-4 should answer the ODD numbered questions; persons whose
ID number ends in 5-9 should answer the EVEN numbered questions. Staple multiple pages together, if applicable. This assignment is worth 20 points. You can turn this assignment in on Mon, Dec 9 or
on Wed, Dec 11.
Read: "Pornography, Rape, and Sex Crimes in Japan," "Believe it or not," "Pushing the Envelope," "Group Sex," and "They're Back." Plus "Invisible Nation," "Time Out for Justice," "Drug War
FAQ," "Loan Sharks," "Drug Abuse Prevention in Post-Legalization America," and "The War on Addiction" in your course reading packet.
1. Why did two of the only three women on the 1984 Meese Commission dissent from the majority report?
2. True or False? Research by Manoa reveals that in Japan the increased availability of sexually explicit materials
(and the increased availability of such materials to children in particular) lead to an increase in the rate of sex crimes for both adults and juveniles.
3. True or False? Several researchers have concluded
that those who commit sex crimes tend to have less exposure to sexually explicit materials than those who do not commit sex crimes.
4. What are some of the other potentially negative effects of porn and has there been
strong evidence to suggest that porn causes these negative effects according to Manoa?
5. What do the abbreviations B & D, S & M, and D&S stand for?
6. When one refers to a "top" and a "bottom" what is one referring to?
7. According to the author of "What is B & D" does the material on B & D presented here advocate NON-consensual sexual behavior?
8. What is a "safeword?"
9. When should a "safeword" be negotiated according to the author?
10. What is "polyamory?"
11. True or False? The Utah legislature declared a Planned Parenthood booklet on condoms to be pornographic.
12. Why did a Utah jury acquit Larry Peterman of obscenity charges? What happend to his business as a result
of the state's case against him?
13. What "mainstream" companies are currently in the porn market?
14. Who does the author suggest the renewed war on porn will go after?
From "Invisible Nation"
15. In 1973, what did the National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards recommend with regard to prisons?
16. How much does the U.S. now spend on the prison system in relation to other programs combined?
17. How many million non-violent
offenders are crowding the nation's prison system and how much does it cost to keep these non-violent offenders locked up?
18. Minorities are sent to prison at up to how many times the rate of whites?
"Time Out for Justice"
19. In how many years will Jose Tapia, who committed what may have been 'the largest
mass murder in Rhode Island history,' be eligible for parole–and how does this sentence compare with the sentence of Kyle Lindquist who was imprisoned for "conspiracy" to sell pot?
20. When will
Rodney Kelley, who blew two people's heads off, be eligible for parole–and how does this sentence compare with Will Foster's prison term for simply growing some marijuana?
21. How many years have been added
to many individuals sentences for merely having a gun, even a registered gun, on the premises where illicit substances were found?
22. What percentage (or ratio) of people sentenced to state prison on drug
charges have no history of criminal violence?
23. Last year, were more people sentence to prison for drug crimes or for violent crimes?
24 What did two Florida State University economists conclude about the effects of cracking down on drugs?
25. How does the author explain lawmaker's obsession with penalizing drug offenders while millions
of Americans are the victims of violent crime each year (and the percentage of murders that go unsolved is increasing in cities around the country)?
"Drug War FAQ"
26. Among those police
officers ultimately convicted as a result of recent FBI corruption investigations, what percentage were found guilty of drug-related offenses? Does this trend in police corruption have any historical precedent?
27. After police have confiscated an ALLEGED drug offenders property, what must that person do to get their property back EVEN IF ACQUITTED OF CRIMINAL CHARGES or EVEN IF NO CHARGES ARE EVER FILED?
28. What percentage of blacks convicted of drug offenses receive prison sentences and how does this compare with the percentage of whites who imprisoned for the same offenses?
29. How much longer is the average federal sentence for black vs white drug offenders?
"Loan Sharks"
30. How much will students convicted of a first-time possession offense lose their financial aid for?
31. What must students do to have the suspension of their financial aid lifted?
32. What does the NAACP oppose the plan to strip drug offenders of college financial aid?
33. Does raping or murdering someone disqualify the offender from financial aid?
"Drug Abuse Prevention in Post Legalization America"
34. Whether or not drug-taking is abuse depends on what?
35. According to Duncan, decisions on whether or not to use drugs--and when and
how to use should be made with what concepts in mind?
36. Truly effective primary prevention must begin with what according to Duncan?
37. In the context of legalization, what would be the "twin goals" of drug education according to Duncan?
38. What is the key point made in "The War on Addiction?"
