SOC227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Problem Gambling, Compulsive Gamblers, Narcotic Control Act
19 Feb 2021
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Characteristics and trends of gambling: gambling is covered in sections 197 209 in the criminal code as gaming and betting. Legalization undermines the exploitation of gambling by organized crime groups. It is a lucrative enterprise in canada, drawing annual revenues of over billion: casinos on first nations" lands give indigenous peoples an opportunity to benefit economically from provincial casino revenues. Four goals in a decriminalization process: prevent sexual procurement of children and youth, protect prostitutes from pimp coercion and customer violence, encourage prostitute self-employment, protect bystanders from nuisance (lowman, 1997) Pornography: pornography refers to a public-order offence relating to explicit descriptions, or representations of sexual activity prohibited by law, pornography is sometimes used interchangeably with the term obscenity, although obscene is difficult to define. The common theme in definitions seems to be the extent to which certain sexually explicit materials are considered to violate social values and norms: crimes pertaining to pornography/obscenity are listed under offences tending to corrupt.
