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Public-order crimes often pertain to behavior engaged in especially by discernible classes of individuals within society (racial minorities, women, youth, poor people), and result in the criminalization or stigmatization of those classes, as well as resentment from those classes against the laws, against the government, or against society ...
Title 9. Offenses Against Public Order and Decency Chapter 42. Disorderly Conduct and Related Offenses; Chapter 43. Public Indecency; Title 10. Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, and Morals Chapter 46. Weapons; Chapter 47. Gambling; Chapter 48. Conduct Affecting Public Health; Chapter 49. Intoxication and Alcoholic Beverage Offenses
In federal law, crimes constituting obstruction of justice are defined primarily in Chapter 73 of Title 18 of the United States Code. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] This chapter contains provisions covering various specific crimes such as witness tampering and retaliation, jury tampering , destruction of evidence , assault on a process server , and theft of court ...
Section 5(3) Criminal Law Act 1977 preserved the common law offence of conspiracy to corrupt public morals or of conspiracy to outrage public decency. [5] Conspiracy to corrupt public morals is an offence under the common law of England and Wales. [6] Conspiracy to outrage public decency is also an offence under the common law of England and ...
Second, offenses involving moral turpitude may be grounds to deny or revoke state professional licenses such as teaching credentials, applications for public notary, [5] licenses to practice law, [6] or other licensed professions. Further, it can be grounds to deny a security clearance required for sensitive government jobs, and a basis to deny ...
In the United States, prosecutions for breach of the peace are subject to constitutional constraints. In Terminiello v.City of Chicago (1949), the United States Supreme Court held that an ordinance of the City of Chicago that banned speech which "stirs the public to anger, invites dispute, brings about a condition of unrest, or creates a disturbance" was unconstitutional under the First ...
Title 8 covers the subject of violent crimes, and extends through Section 249. Title 9 (Sections 250 through 368) deals with offenses against public morals and decency. Title 10 (Sections 369 through 402) is devoted to "crimes against public health and safety," while Title 11 (Sections 403–423) is reserved for "crimes against the public peace."
committing an offence against public decency, or; causing an unlawful obstruction on a road (within the meaning of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, to protect a child or other vulnerable person from the person in question, to allow the prompt and effective investigation of the offence or of the conduct of the person in question, or