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1900s Flashcards
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- 1Race Relations Act 1968Illegal to refuse jobs, housing or public services to anyone on the basis of their race, ethnicity or country of origin.
- 21967 Abortion ActLegalised abortion under a number of conditions.
- 3Sexual Offences Act 1967Decriminalisation of homosexuality of men over 21.
- 4Hate CrimeA crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudice, often involving violence.
- 5HomophobicPrejudice against homosexual people.
- 6InjunctionA court order that compels or restrains the acts of an individual.
- 7Police Community Support OfficersFocus on supporting the community in crime prevention.
- 8VigilanceThe action or state of keeping watch for possible dangers or difficulties in the community.
- 9Active CitizenshipType of philosophy that advocates, in this case, members of a community have roles and responsibilities to society and the environment.
- 10Crime Prevention SquadsFraud Squad (1947)
Anti-Terrorist Squad (1971)
Metropolitan Patrol Group (1987) - 11Homicide Act 1957Restricted the death penalty for the most severe murder cases.
- 12Murder Act 1965The means to the abolition of the death penalty.
- 13Age of Criminal ResponsibilityThe age of criminal responsibility is age 10 in England and Wales. This means children between the ages of 10 and 17 can be arrested and taken to court for a crime.
- 14BorstalsPrisons for only boys set up in 1902. Focused on reform and rehabilitation instead of punishment.
- 15ABSOAnti-Social Behaviour Order
- 16CPSCrown Prosecution Service
- 17Military Service Act 1916Conscription was introduced in 1916 throughout the United Kingdom.
- 18COsConscientious Objectors - a person who refuses to serve in the armed forces on the basis of their conscience.
- 19AbsolutistsPeople who refused to support the war effort, most of them were pacifists.
- 20AlternativistsParticipated in war by means of working with the sick and injured; refused to carry weapons and kill people.
- 21Peace Pledge UnionA British pacifist non-governmental organisation founded in 1934, who renounced the idea of participating in war of any kind.
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