modern britain 1900-present

Question 1

when was the fraud act

Answer 1

2006

Question 2

when was the criminal justice act

Answer 2

2005

Question 3

until when could people drive a car without a license

Answer 3

1935

Question 4

by when was there 1 million cars

Answer 4

1930

Question 5

by when was nearly 60% of crime car crime

Answer 5

1939

Question 6

when did many people from commonwealth countries move to Britain for work

Answer 6

1950s

Question 7

when was the race relations act

Answer 7

1968

Question 8

when was the equality act

Answer 8

2010

Question 9

when was homosexuality made legal in the UK

Answer 9

1967

Question 10

what act decriminalised homosexuality for men over 21

Answer 10

sexual offences act

Question 11

when was the domestic violence act and when was it extended

Answer 11

1976, extended 2014

Question 12

when was the misuse of drugs act

Answer 12

1971

Question 13

when were breathalysers introduced

Answer 13

1967

Question 14

when were speed cameras introduced

Answer 14

1992

Question 15

when were blood groups discovered

Answer 15

1901

Question 16

when was the police training college set up

Answer 16

1947

Question 17

when did women join the police force

Answer 17

1920s

Question 18

when was the national crime agency set up

Answer 18

2013

Question 19

when was the metropolitan police bomb squad set up

Answer 19

1971

Question 20

what is a PCSO

Answer 20

police community support officer
work with police officers and have some, but not all, of their responsibility

Question 21

when was PACE introduced and what does is do

Answer 21

1984
the law that governs police powers and gives guidance so that conviction is more secure

Question 22

what was the neighbourhood watch set up

Answer 22

1982

Question 23

when was hard labour abolished in prisons

Answer 23

1902

Question 24

when did solitary confinement in prisons end

Answer 24

1922

Question 25

when did mentally ill prisoners start being treated separately from other prisoners

Answer 25

1896

Question 26

when were open prisons introduced

Answer 26

1933

Question 27

when were probation and probation officers introduced

Answer 27

1907

Question 28

when were borstals introduced

Answer 28

1900

Question 29

when were borstals replaced with youth custody centres

Answer 29

1982

Question 30

when was the children and young persons act

Answer 30

1963

Question 31

when was the gover report

Answer 31

1953

Question 32

when was the homicide act and what did it do

Answer 32

1957
restricted the death penalty to only the most serious cases of murder which undermined the use of the death penalty

Question 33

when was the death penalty abolished

Answer 33

1969

Question 34

when was the Derek Bentley case

Answer 34

Jan 1953

Question 35

how many MPs signed a memorandum asking parliament for Bentley’s reprieve

Answer 35

200

Question 36

when was conscription introduced for WW1

Answer 36

1916

Question 37

what was the name of the act that introduced conscription

Answer 37

military service act

Question 38

after the war conscientious objectors were not allowed to vote until….

Answer 38

1926