New Crimes

Question 1

Romans

Answer 1

Refusing Authority of the Emperor

Question 2

Norman/Early Middle Ages

Answer 2

Forest Laws

Question 3

Middle Ages (5)

Answer 3

Vagrancy, highway robbery, witchcraft, smuggling, thief-making.

Question 4

19th Century (2)

Answer 4

Garotting, Jack the Ripper murders

Question 5

20th Century (4)

Answer 5

Traffic crime, Race crime, conscientious objectors, cowardice in the face of an enemy.

Question 6

21st Century (3)

Answer 6

Car crime, Computer crime, People trafficking.

Question 7

Discrimination Attacks. Continuity/Change

Answer 7

Romans prosecuted Christianity 300AD. Guy Fawkes terrorism 1605.

Stephen Lawrence murder 1993. Suicide bombers, terrorists. 7/7 bombings 2005.

Little change. Continuity.

Question 8

Smuggling. Continuity/Change

Answer 8

£3,000,000 worth of tea worth of tea.

Drugs (illegal and profitable) & People (wars e.g. Syria)

Mainly continuity.

Question 9

Street Crime. Change/Continuity

Answer 9

Garrotting, theft/mugging

Anti-social behaviour, theft

Continuity

Question 10

People Trafficking. Change/Continuity

Answer 10

‘White slave trade’ first used in the 1830s especially in female prostitution.

400 women and children are reafficked into prostitution in the UK at any one time.

Continuity

Question 11

Car Crime. Change/Continuity

Answer 11

Highwaymen stole from stagecoaches.

In 2012 statistics indicated that 5% of households are likely to be victims of vehicle-related theft.

Change.

Question 12

Computer Crime. Change/Continuity

Answer 12

No computer crimes.

Modern computer technology: Illegal images, piracy, hacking.

Change.