Law Enforcement 1900-present

Question 1

What was policing like in 1900?

Answer 1

1. Every area across Britain had its own police force
2. 200 separate police force had no central forces
3. They walked the ‘beat’

Question 2

During the 20th century:

Answer 2

1. Women were first recruited in the 1920s
2. In 1947, the Policing Training College was set up

Question 3

Science and Technology:

Answer 3

1. 1901 Fingerprint Branch
2. 1930s police cars are quite common and two-ways radios and 999 introduced
3. 1960s Met Police first use computers
4. 1980 Police National Computer have can 25 million individuals
5. First murder conviction based on 1988
6. 1995 National Automatic Fingerprint Identification System and National DNA.

Question 4

Preventing Crime:

Answer 4

1. Breathalysers in 1967
2. Speed cameras in 1992
3. CCTV
4. Mass video surveillance
5. Biometric screening

Question 5

Solving Crime:

Answer 5

1. Improved communications like recording information
2. Forensic science
3. Data management National DNA database with 5.7 million.

Question 6

Increasing specialisation since 1900:

Answer 6

1. During 20thC police forces developed many specialists departments
2. Met Police Bomb Squad set up in 1971
3. National Hi-Tech Crime Unit set up in 2001 to tackle online crimes like hacking, viruses and fraud

Question 7

Fraud Squad:

Answer 7

1. Set up in London 1946
2. To tackle crime in business and stock market
3. They required police officers with expert knowledge in finance and business
4. Known today as the Specialist, Organised and Economic Crime Command

Question 8

Drug-trade Units:

Answer 8

1. Disrupt criminal activity
2. Monitoring known drug users
3. Preventing further spread of drug use
4. National Crime Agency set up in 2013. It uses intelligence data on known criminal groups

Question 9

Dog-handling units

Answer 9

1. First used in south London in 1938
2. By 1950s most units had dog units
3. Sniff out drugs
4. Find explosives
5. Track criminals

Question 10

What is the neighbourhood watch?

Answer 10

1. Local committee of people who raise awareness about crime
2. First set up in 1982
3. 3.8 million households are involved

Question 11

What were the aims of NW and was it successful?

Answer 11

1. Help the police prevent crime
2. Reducing fear of crime
3. Reporting crime trends to the police
4. In the early 1980s, the number of local neighbourhood watches rose from 1,000 to 29,000
5. Controversy about whether it was effective

Question 12

Origins of NW:

Answer 12

1. PM Margaret Thatcher wanted to increase the role of the individual and decrease the role of the state
2. Like the hue and cry- local law enforcement