NCJ Number
32422
Date Published
1974
Length
25 pages
Annotation
EXAMINATION OF WHETHER SEX OFFENSES AND THE STATUS CRIMES OF VAGRANCY AND PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE DEALT WITH BY THE CRIMINAL LAW IN IOWA.
Abstract
THIS PAPER BEGINS WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE GENERAL ISSUES UNDERLYING THE DEBATE ABOUT THE PROPER USE OF THE CRIMINAL LAW. THEN IT TURNS TO A DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC ACTS DESIGNATED AS CRIMES: ADULTERY, BIGAMY, INCEST, STATUTORY RAPE, LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH CHILDREN, SODOMY (HOMOSEXUALITY), INDECENT EXPOSURE, PROSTITUTION, AND OBSCENITY (PORNOGRAPHY). EACH OF THESE CRIMES IS REVIEWED IN RELATION TO ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHETHER TO CONTINUE TO TREAT THE ACT AS CRIMINAL. ALSO EXAMINED IS HOW THE ACT IS TREATED IN THE IOWA LAW AND IN THE PROPOSED CODE REVISION. A LIST OF SOURCES WHICH DISCUSS GAMBLING AND DRUGS - NOT COVERED IN THIS PAPER - IS APPENDED.