The Limits of Social Control
The American and Iraqi relationship was crushed due to inevitable disagreements concerning the consent age. Marej and Latif were refugees living in Lincoln, and they both decided it was time they got themselves married. A fellow Iraq refugee told the two that he had two daughters, and he would like them to be married. The marriage arrangements were made, and hence, the two daughters became wives to Marej and Latif. It was until the two girls ran away that the husbands reported to the police on the missing ladies. On investigation, the two ladies ran out as they did not consent to be married at the time. According to the Iraqi Islamic custom, the two ladies were officially married, and everyone at the camp was happy. Nonetheless, the two ladies were aged thirteen and fourteen. According to the United States laws, the two men had committed multiple accounts of rape on the minors. Thus, they were supposed to spend over fifty years in prison, paying for the crime. The Iraqi people were not happy and saw this as an injustice upon the two fellows.
Vice crime is any activity that offends the moral standards of the people. The crime is covered in public order offense, victimless crimes, and consensual offenses. The consensual principle was violated with Iraq, who did not consider the ladies’ willingness to get married. Hence, the harm principle applies in the case. The harm principle is where the prosecutor examines the elements of a crime to prove that the accused are guilty. The nature of the crime is analyzed, and the offenders are either declared innocent or guilty.
If a person willingly swings their arms with too much force, making the arm to dislocate, the person has not harmed anyone but themselves. Therefore, victimization is where a person’s actions have negatively affected other people around them. Thus, liable for any damage and losses incurred by the other party. Debates are still ongoing on whether the state is justified to interfere with the privacy rights of individuals. For Example, if a person commits adultery, it may lead to other ripple effects where the family breaks down, and the children are mentally and physically affected. Thus, resulting in hurt, pain, anger as some of the children may even attempt to take their own lives. Some societies have taken action as a severe violation, which results in death. The communities are justified by the bible on the matter, also on the effect that adultery causes to the people around. The establishment of such moral courts is still debated, and there is a need to find a solution to such vices.
Homosexuality and sodomy are considered severe crimes in old societies yet readily accepted in the United States. The results of sodomy, just like adultery, was death. For years, the American people believed that sodomy was a psychiatric problem hence readily admitted the people in the mental institutions. Recently, homosexuality has been removed from the list of mental diseases. In modern society, the choice is granted to people on how they choose to use their bodies and selves as long as it does affect other people. The concept is genuine, but some of the choices affect other individuals indirectly; thus, the justification of some of the acts is still debatable. Actions such as prostitution can either be criminalized or taken as a matter of choice on the people who chose to indulge in the activities. Nonetheless, the commercialization of prostitution may result in the disruption of the community. Abortion, the use of illicit drugs, and pornography are also under consideration of the nation’s moral principle and the effect of such acts on the general population.