Twentieth Century 1900-2000

• When was the Death Penalty abolished?

  1965
• When was DNA first used in a trial?

  1988
• What was used regularly from 1901?

  Fingerprinting
• What did all drivers have to do after 1935?

  Pass a test, pay tax and get insurance
• How many tonnes of cocaine were smuggled into Britain each year?

  Thirty
• How many Conscientious Objectors (COs) were imprisoned in WW1?

  Six thousand
• How many COs died as a result of their treatment in WW1?

  73
• What network was set up in 1947?

  The Police National Computer (PNC)
• What year was the Neighbourhood Watch established?

  1982
• What ended in prisons 1922?

  Solitary confinement
• When was the first Open Prison set up?

  1933
• What were Youth Offender Institutes (YOI) set up for?

  To deal with younger criminals
• When was electronic tagging introduced?

  1990s
• What did parole allow prisoners to do when it was introduced in…?

  Allowed prisoners out before they completed their sentence if they behaved well. The year was 1967.
• In what year was Derek Bentley executed, despite a what?

  1953, despite a public outcry
• Ruth Ellis was still executed despite what?

  Her sympathetic portrayal through the media, for her beauty. The year was 1956.
• What did the UN declaration of Human Rights establish in…?

  The Right to Life in 1948
• What number did executions fall to 1957?

  Four per year
• What became major crimes including identity fraud?

  Cybercrime
• What has been illegal on the grounds of race or gender since…..?

  Discrimination, since 1971