GCSE History - Modern Britain (1900 - PRESENT DAY)

TRENDS:
What are some key crime trends since 1900?

CRIME INCREASE:
What is the number of offences per thousand people in 1900 compared with 1997?

CRIME INCREASE:
What is this increase reflected by?

CRIME INCREASE:
Give 6 reasons why these changes in levels of crime have occurred.

CRIME DECREASE:
Why have there been a fall in crime rates since 1992?

CRIME INCREASE:
Give 2 reasons why people think levels of crime are increasing.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:
What is the timeline of events leading up to the abolition of capital punishment?

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:
What was the case of Derek Bentley, 1953?

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:
Why was Derek Bentley's execution important in changing attitudes to capital punishment?

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:
After the abolition of capital punishment for murder, what was the timeline of events leading up to the full abolition of capital punishment?

PRISON:
What was the attitude towards the treatment in prison?

PRISON:
What was abolished in 1922?

PRISON:
What were 'warders' and what were they trained to do?

PRISON:
When was the first 'open prison' opened and what were they used for?

PRISON:
What are probation officers?

PRISON:
What does it mean if a prisoner is 'on probation'?

PRISON:
What is a 'high security' prison?

PRISON:
What act was passed in 1948 and what did it do?

PRISON:
What do female prisoners tend to have?

PRISON:
What have there been a large number of incidents in women prisons?

PRISON:
What has British society always punished women more heavily than men for?

PRISON:
What provisions are given to women in women prisons?

PRISON:
What are Borstals and when were they set up?

PRISON:
Why were Borstals set up?

PRISON:
What did Borstals initially concentrate on and what success did this have?

PRISON:
What are the UK government criticized in doing in terms of young offenders?

PRISON:
Give 4 alternatives to prison.

PRISON:
What are 'community sentences'?

PRISON:
What is an 'ASBO'?

PRISON:
What is electronic tagging?

CRIME:
For these old crimes, what is their relevant new crime?
a) Selling poor girls into prostitution.
b) Smuggling.
c) Impersonating another person to steal their money ; tricking someone for money.
d) Street robbery and other forms of street crime.

CRIME:
What are some computer crimes that are used in the present day?

CRIME:
What is traffic crime?

POLICING:
Name 6 ways in which technology has had an impact on fighting crime.

POLICING:
What is the Neighbourhood Watch?

POLICING:
What is the issue with international crimes such as terrorism, in terms of the police?

ENTIRE TOPIC:
Name the 4 broad factors that affect crime and punishment.

ENTIRE TOPIC:
Name 5 political factors that affect crime and punishment.

ENTIRE TOPIC:
Name 6 social factors that affect crime and punishment.

ENTIRE TOPIC:
Name 3 religious factors that affect crime and punishment.

ENTIRE TOPIC:
Name 4 economic factors that affect crime and punishment.