crimes and definition of crime, 1900-present

Question 1

define hate crime

Answer 1

a crime motivated by prejudice against the victim’s race, gender, disability, or sexual orientation.

Question 2

define social crimes

Answer 2

crimes many people in society accept to a certain degree

Question 3

when was abortion legalized?

Answer 3

1967

Question 4

What did a woman have to do to end her pregnancy before this?

Answer 4

backstreet abortion, wire coat hanger, alcohol or poison.

Question 5

What were the conditions of the 1967 Abortion Act?

Answer 5

• The child was going to have serious disabilities.

- The mother was at risk of serious physical or mental harm if the pregnancy continued.

Question 6

What was the legal limit for abortion in 1968?

Answer 6

28 weeks

Question 7

When was the Sexual Offences Act passed?

Answer 7

1967

Question 8

What did the Sexual Offences Act do?

Answer 8

Decriminalised homosexuality for men over the age 21

Question 9

When was the Criminal Justice Act?

Answer 9

2005

Question 10

What was the Criminal Justice Act?

Answer 10

The Act gave courts the power to issue more severe sentences to those who had committed a hate crime.

Question 11

When did Britain become more multi cultural?

Answer 11

1950’s

Question 12

When was the Race Relations Act?

Answer 12

1968

Question 13

What did the Race Relations Act do?

Answer 13

Made it illegal to refuse jobs, housing or public services to anyone on the basis ofof their race, ethnic background or country origin.

Question 14

When did spreading racial and religious hatred become a crime?

Answer 14

2006

Question 15

What changed society’s views on domestic violence in the 20th century?

Answer 15

Votes for women, women’s contribution to world wars and significant new laws.

Question 16

What was the attitude towards domestic violence in the 19th century?

Answer 16

Men were dominant in relationships, violence towards their wives is their buisness.

Question 17

When was the Domestic Violence Act?

Answer 17

1976

Question 18

What was the Domestic Violence Act 1976?

Answer 18

It gave victim the right to ask for an injuntion against violent partners.

Question 19

When was rape within marriage recognized as a crime?

Answer 19

1991 law changed to recognise rape within marriage.

Question 20

What was made a domestic violence crime in 2014?

Answer 20

controlling and coersive behavior tpwards a partner became a crime.

Question 21

When did driving a horse-drawn cart whilst drunk become illegal?

Answer 21

1872

Question 22

When did it become illegal to drive a car whilst drunk?

Answer 22

1925

Question 23

When did the law set a limit for the amount of alcohol a person could have in their bloodstream while driving?

Answer 23

1967

Question 24

How was drink driving viewed by the public up until the 1970s?

Answer 24

It was still considered normal to drive after consuming a large amount of alcohol.

Question 25

How is drink driving viewed by the public today?

Answer 25

It is generally condemned.

Question 26

What played a part in making society view speeding and drunk driving as less acceptable?

Answer 26

Government advertising campaigns in the late 20th century.

Question 27

In what year did many drugs become illegal?

Answer 27

1971, when the misuse of drugs act was passed.

Question 28

What are the arguments against the Misuse of Drugs Act?

Answer 28

• Taking drugs should be a personal choice as long as it does not harm others.
• Others argue legalization of drugs is needed to help tackle the crimes associated with illegal drug dealing such as sex trafficking and gang-related violence.

Question 29

What was the well-known terrorist attempt in the 17th century?

Answer 29

Guy Fawkes challenged the power and authority of the state using violence.

Question 30

When did the IRA opperate?

Answer 30

The 1970s-1980s

Question 31

What is people trafficking and how is it a new opportunity for an old crime?

Answer 31

Currently, people trafficking involves people from poorer countries being brought to the UK and being forced to work for very low wages or no wages. It is often controlled by gangs, who control these people with physical confinement, coercion, or blackmail.
In the 19th century, poor girls were sold into prostitution. This was known as the “White slave trade” in the 1830s

Question 32

What is fraud and how is it a new opportunity for an old crime?

Answer 32

Fraud means impersonating other people or businesses to make money illegally.
Nowadays it can be done by sending an email out to a lot of people and a few replies with their bank or credit card details.
In the past, this was done by approaching an individual and tricking them into revealing details.

Question 33

What is copyright and how is it a new opportunity for an old crime.

Answer 33

Copyright is the right of an artist or company to be recognized.
in the early 20th-century copyright theft meant making a photocopy or cassette recording without paying the artist.
today copy right theft is the illegal download of music, films, games, etc.

Question 34

What is extortion and how is it a new opportunity for an old crime?

Answer 34

Extortion is making someone pay money by using threats or blackmail.
In the past, this was done through letters, telephone, or in person.
These days the internet enables criminals to make their threats on a wider scale. Some criminals extort by threatening to hack companies etc unless they pay.