KT4: 1900-Present

• What new technology impacted crime?

  • Cars
  • Credit cards
  • Internet
  • Computers
• How did cars affect crime?

  They can be stolen, re-painted, given new registration plates and sold
• What is the crime illegally downloading music and films etc. online?

  Digital piracy
• What new online crime is a social crime now?

  Digital piracy
• How did credit cards affect crime?

  They can be stolen and used until it is blocked or unless the account is protected
• What new crimes occur easier now online?

  • Piracy
  • Identity theft
  • Fraud
• Why can the internet make crimes more difficult to control?

  Criminals can be anywhere and anonymous
• What is terrorism?

  Political or religious groups killing civilians to force world leaders to agree and recognise their aims
• Why has terrorism increased?

  More access to sophisticated weapons and communications networks
• What is the punishment for terrorism?

  Life imprisonment
• How many people did an IRA car bomb in Omagh kill?

  29
• When did the Omagh IRA car bomb happen?

  1998
• What does the IRA stand for?

  The Irish Republican Army
• What are two examples of terrorism in the UK?

  • IRA attacks from the 1970s-1990s
  • 2005 London terror attacks by Islamic terrorists
• Where were the 2005 terror attacks in London?

  Buses and on the Underground
• When was the Anti-Terrorist squad set up?

  1971
• What two items are often smuggled into the UK to avoid import duties?

  • Cigarettes
  • Alcohol
• What 4 things are smuggled into the UK now?

  • Alcohol
  • Cigarettes
  • Drugs
  • People- Human trafficking or illegal immigration
• Why are drugs smuggled into the UK?

  Most recreational drugs are illegal
• How do the police detect drugs being smuggled into the UK?

  • Sniffer dogs
  • X-rays
  • Thermal scanners
• What is the punishment for drug smuggling?

  Fines or prison
• What is people smuggling?

  The act of immigrants paying people to illegally smuggle them into the UK
• What is the punishment for people smugglers?

  Prison
• What is human trafficking?

  The act of smuggling people into the UK against their own will or by deception, often for slavery or prostitution
• What is the punishment for human traffickers?

  Prison
• Is smuggling still a social crime?

  No
• When was Homosexuality decriminalised?

  July 1967
• What was the specific decriminalisation of Homosexuality?

  Homosexual acts between men aged 21 or older decriminalised
• What is a hate crime?

  A crime committed because of somebody's race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity
• When was abortion made legal in certain situations?

  October 1967
• What was one of the situation where abortion was made legal?

  If the mother's life was endangered by the pregnancy
• When was drink driving made illegal?

  1872
• Until which decade was drink driving considered a social crime?

  1970s
• When did it become illegal to use a mobile phone while texting?

  2003
• When were the three Race Relations Acts?

  • 1965
  • 1968
  • 1976
• What was entailed under Race Relations Acts?

  It became a criminal offence to discriminate based on colour, race or ethnic background
• When was the Commission for Racial Equality established?

  1976
• When was the Racial and Religious Hatred Act passed?

  2006
• What does the Commission for Racial Equality do?

  Promotes racial equality
• What was stated in the Racial and Religious Hatred Act?

  It is illegal to provoke hatred based on race or religion