CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: White Supremacy, Social Purity Movement, Gateway Drug Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: Danny O' Rourke- Dicarlo

Document Summary

Sex work and drugs parts i and ii. Existence of laws against the acts = leads to organized crime. Alan young laws contradict section 7 of charter. Violating fundamental laws of justice: these laws have been justified in terms of harms that they aim to prevent: public nuisance exploitation public health issues immorality of prostitution or the defence of public decency. Historically, in north america and uk sex work = tolerated just pushed into lower class. = create criminal law (attack using deterrence: first wave of feminism understood prostitution to be a form of male-dominance and slavery, the two movements ^ led to prohibition of sex work. Similarities and differences between legalization and decriminalization: similarities. Bedford and post bedford discussion: had to create new laws which: Make laws that make life safer for all. Shelat 2: logic: prostitution defined as male violence against women. Part ii drugs! (and the war of drugs)