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Public Order Crimes

ClassNotes Team 1 MIN READUPDATED 5 JUL 2026

Security Education JSS1 Second Term

Sub-theme: Common Crimes and security management

Week 8

Public Order Crimes

Performance Objectives:

Students should be able to:

1. Explain public order crime.

Content

Meaning of public order crimes

Public order crimes are actions that do not conform to society's general ideas of normal social behaviour and moral values.

Moral values are the commonly accepted standards of what is considered right and wrong.

Public order crimes are widely viewed as harmful to the public good or harmful and disruptive to a community's daily life. The public order crimes include prostitution, pornography, alcohol and drug offences.