Important Dates and Historical Contexts Flashcards
When was the last public execution to take place in England?
1868
What occurred on the 29th September 1829?
Robert Peel created the Metropolitan Police Service
When was Harry Jackson convicted based on fingerprint evidence?
1902
When did the Children Act ban capital punishment for U16’s?
1908
When was CCTV invented in the UK?
1960
When was the death penalty abolished in the UK?
1998
What were serial killers known as prior to the seventies?
Mass murderers
When was the rise in the use of CCTV and VCR’s?
1970’s
When was the rise in DNA profiling?
1980’s
When was the implementation of forensic DNA Profiling?
1994
When was the golden age of crime fiction?
1920’s to 1930’s
When was the hard-boiled age of crime fiction?
1920’s to 1950’s
When was the contemporary age of crime fiction?
1980’s to present
