Concept information
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criminology and criminal justice
criminology
social history of crime
state and federal court cases
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Eisenstadt v. Baird
Definition
- This Supreme Court case, argued in November 1971 and decided in March 1972, declared unconstitutional a Massachusetts statute that imposed a five-year jail term for distributing contraceptives unless by a licensed physician or pharmacist, or distributing contraceptives to unmarried persons. The decision removed the institutionalization of punitive premarital sex standards, allowing unmarried, consenting adults to engage in sexual conduct for reasons other than procreation. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Eisenstadt v. Baird]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1972
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Eisenstadt_v._Baird
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