Public Perception of Crime

Question 1

Knife Crime - who was murdered in 2005?

Answer 1

Westley Odger was murdered with a knife

Question 2

Knife Crime - who started the campaign?

Answer 2

His mother started the campaign to change the law

Question 3

Knife Crime - what is the sentence for murder with a gun and murder with a knife?

Answer 3

• Murder with a gun is a minimum of30 years

- Murder with a knife is a minimum of 15 years

Question 4

Knife Crime - how has the social view changed?

Answer 4

We now consider guns and knives to be similar in severity and danger

Question 5

Knife Crime - when did the law change and how did it change?

Answer 5

• Law changed in 2010

- Murder with a knife is now a minimum of 25 years

Question 6

Knife Crime - what is the current social view towards knife crime?

Answer 6

It is very common and a constant issue, which creates fear of being a victim, leading to a moral panic

Question 7

Drink Driving - when was drink driving made illegal?

Answer 7

1925, but still accepted until the 1970’s, where there was a big rise in car ownership

Question 8

Drink Driving - why did drink driving become more serious?

Answer 8

People valued road safety more

Question 9

Drink Driving - what was introduced to increase safety of drivers?

Answer 9

• seatbelts

- police using breathalysers

Question 10

Drink Driving - what was the high risk offender scheme?

Answer 10

Convicted drivers with alcoholism must have a medical to get their license back

Question 11

Drink Driving - which criminal offence was introduced?

Answer 11

Death by dangerous driving; up to 14 years sentence

Question 12

Drink Driving - how did the death by dangerous driving law change the deaths?

Answer 12

Drink Driving deaths lowered from 1640 to 240 in 40 years

Question 13

Drink Driving - Social view?

Answer 13

Positive

Question 14

Windrush Generation - what happened between 1948 and 1970?

Answer 14

Nearly half a million people moved from the Caribbean to Britain, to help Britain with the Labour shortages past WW2

Question 15

Windrush Generation - what did they face?

Answer 15

They faced a lot of discrimination in housing, employment and services. They were wrongly detained and deported

Question 16

Windrush Generation - why was this allowed?

Answer 16

At the time it was legal to discriminate due to race

Question 17

Windrush Generation - what did this lead to?

Answer 17

Led to exploitation of slum housing and low paid jobs

Question 18

Windrush Generation - how have the views towards hate crime changed?

Answer 18

Has been a decline in prejudice, as people have become more accepting of racial differences
Views towards hate crime have changed to see it as wrong

Question 19

Race Relations Act - Name all RRA

Answer 19

1965, 1968 and 1976

Question 20

Race Relations Act - why was their minimal diversity?

Answer 20

Widespread discrimination

Question 21

Race Relations Act - what did the acts do?

Answer 21

Banned racial discrimination, including direct discrimination and indirect discrimination

Question 22

Race Relations Act - what is direct discrimination?

Answer 22

Openly treating people differently based on race

Question 23

Race Relations Act - what is indirect discrimination?

Answer 23

Implementing a rule that happens to affect one group more than another

Question 24

Race Relations Act - what is an example of discrimination?

Answer 24

A council could rule that to be on the housing list, you must have lived in that area for 5 years (discrimination against immigrants)

Question 25

Race Relations Act - how did the views change?

Answer 25

Over time the views turned against segregated schools and workplaces. However, racism is still ongoing, such as islamophobia