CHAPTER THIRTEEN

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN

• CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND MORALS

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Introduction

• Constitutional balance between order and liberty
• Quality of life crimes
• Public drinking and drunkenness
• Begging
• Threatening behavior
• Graffiti
• Prostitution
• Public urination

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Street People

• Vagrancyroam around with no visible means of
  support
  
• Impact of the Great Depression
• Papichristou v. City of Jacksonville
• Loiteringstay in one place with no apparent
  purpose
  
• Kolander v. Lawson
• Joyce v. City and County of San Francisco

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Panhandling

• Do laws against begging violate 1st Amendment?
• Look at place where speech takes place
• Traditional public forums
• Designated public forums
• Nonpublic forums
• Time place and manner restrictions
• Not based on content of speech
• Serves significant government interest
• Leaves open other channels of expression

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Panhandling

• Gresham v. Peterson

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Street Gangs

• Chicago v. Morales

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CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND MORALS

• END CHAPTER THIRTEEN