modern britain 1900-present Flashcards
when was the fraud act
2006
when was the criminal justice act
2005
until when could people drive a car without a license
1935
by when was there 1 million cars
1930
by when was nearly 60% of crime car crime
1939
when did many people from commonwealth countries move to Britain for work
1950s
when was the race relations act
1968
when was the equality act
2010
when was homosexuality made legal in the UK
1967
what act decriminalised homosexuality for men over 21
sexual offences act
when was the domestic violence act and when was it extended
1976, extended 2014
when was the misuse of drugs act
1971
when were breathalysers introduced
1967
when were speed cameras introduced
1992
when were blood groups discovered
1901
when was the police training college set up
1947
when did women join the police force
1920s
when was the national crime agency set up
2013
when was the metropolitan police bomb squad set up
1971
what is a PCSO
police community support officer
work with police officers and have some, but not all, of their responsibility
when was PACE introduced and what does is do
1984
the law that governs police powers and gives guidance so that conviction is more secure
what was the neighbourhood watch set up
1982
when was hard labour abolished in prisons
1902
when did solitary confinement in prisons end
1922
when did mentally ill prisoners start being treated separately from other prisoners
1896
when were open prisons introduced
1933
when were probation and probation officers introduced
1907
when were borstals introduced
1900
when were borstals replaced with youth custody centres
1982
when was the children and young persons act
1963
when was the gover report
1953
when was the homicide act and what did it do
1957
restricted the death penalty to only the most serious cases of murder which undermined the use of the death penalty
when was the death penalty abolished
1969
when was the Derek Bentley case
Jan 1953
how many MPs signed a memorandum asking parliament for Bentley’s reprieve
200
when was conscription introduced for WW1
1916
what was the name of the act that introduced conscription
military service act
after the war conscientious objectors were not allowed to vote until….
1926
