Week Four - Crimes Of The Century

Question 1

What were levels of recorded crime like in the late 19th and early 20th century compared with the 21st century?

Answer 1

Compared with levels of recorded crime in the 21st Century, levels in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century seem to be very low

Question 2

When did levels of recorded crime stay low until?

Answer 2

Levels of recorded crime remained low until the 1950’s

Question 3

What happens almost every year from the mid 1950’s to the 1990’s

Answer 3

Crime rises almost every year from the mid 1950’s to 1990’s`

Question 4

Are these statistics accurate?

Answer 4

They are a reasonable indicator agreement, however could be exaggerated. And Victorian Britain was not more orderly than early 20th Century