KQ4 - Methods of Combatting Crime

• Which acts changed the system of administering justice in Wales to the English Judicial System?

  Acts of Union of 1536 and 1543
• Who established the Bow Street Runners?

  Henry and John Fielding
• What was the name of the book published by Henry Fielding in 1751?

  An Enquiry into the Late Increase of Robbers etc.
• What was the motto of the Bow Street Runners?

  Quick Notice and Sudden Pursuit
• In what year did John Fielding set up the Bow Street Horse Patrol to combat highway robbery?

  1763
• What was the name of the newspaper published by John Fielding in 1772, 1786, and the early 1800s?

  1772: The Quarterly Pursuit

  1786: The Public Hue and Cry

  Early 1800s: The Police Gazette
• What was the name of the act which extended the Bow Street Scheme in 1792?

  The Middlesex Justices Act
• When was the Thames River Police Established?

  1798
• What was the nickname of the horse patrol set up in 1805 to patrol the streets of London?

  Robin Redbreasts
• How many constables were there in London by 1829?

  450
• How many watchmen were there in London by 1829?

  4,000
• When was the Metropolitan Police Act introduced?

  1829
• Who was in charge of the Metropolitan Police?

  Robert Peel
• What were the two nicknames given to the Met Police?

  Peelers or Bobbies
• When was a second Metropolitan Police Act introduced to extend the area covered by the police force?

  1839
• When was the Municipal Corporations Act introduced?

  1835
• When was the Rural Police Act introduced?

  1839
• When was the County and Borough Police Act introduced?

  1856
• Which five Welsh counties set up constabularies in the 1840s?

  Cardiganshire

  Caernarvonshire

  Denbighshire

  Glamorganshire

  Monmouthshire
• What three Welsh boroughs were among the first to set up constabularies?

  Swansea

  Neath

  Pwllheli
• When was the Detective Branch introduced to the police force?

  1842
• When was the Special Act introduced to the police force?

  1883
• When was the Photography unit introduced to the policeforce?

  1850s
• When was the Fingerprinting unit introduced to the police force?

  1901
• When was the first police photographer employed?

  1901
• When did the 999 number become available?

  1937
• When were police telephone boxes introduced?

  1920s
• When was the Criminal Investigation Department developed?

  1878
• When was the Flying Squad developed?

  1919
• When was the Fraud Squad developed?

  1946
• When was the Anti-Terrorist Branch developed?

  1971
• When was the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit developed?

  2001
• When was the Counter Terrorist Command developed?

  2006
• How many Neighbourhood Watch members are there?

  10 million
• How many police forces were there in Wales between 1967 and 1968?

  1967: 12

  1968: 4