New definitions of crime

• What decade saw the biggest period of change in social attitudes in the 20th century?

  The 1960s
• What significant change occurred regarding homosexuality in 1967?

  Homosexuality was decriminalised
• What was the sexual revolution characterized by?

  More liberal attitudes towards sex
• What are hate crimes motivated by?

  Prejudice against the victim's race, gender, disability, or sexuality
• How does the Criminal Justice Act of 2005 treat hate crimes?

  They can be punished more seriously than similar offences committed for different reasons
• What significant demographic change occurred in Britain from the 1950s?

  Many people from Commonwealth countries moved to Britain to work
• What legal issue arose as a result of increased multiculturalism in Britain?

  Racism became a legal issue
• What did the Race Relations Act of 1968 forbid?

  Racial discrimination in jobs or housing
• How was domestic violence viewed before the victories in equal rights for women?

  It was considered 'nobody else's business'
• When was marital rape criminalised in the UK?

  1991
• What type of behavior became a crime in 2014?

  Controlling and coercive behaviour
• What was the legal status of abortion before 1967?

  Abortion was illegal
• What did the Abortion Act of 1967 do?

  Legalised abortion in certain cases
• Why is the issue of abortion still considered controversial despite the Abortion Act of 1967?

  Because it remains a contentious topic in society