20th and 21st Centuries

• What are the common crimes?

  • Terrorism
  • Crimes associated with technology
  • Crimes associated with transport
  • Crimes associated with drugs
• Why have crime figures increased since 1900?

  • People report crimes more
  • Increase in some crimes
  • Easy to phone the police now
  • Technology has improved recording crime data
  • Media coverage encourages crime reports
• Why do some people think there are rising crime rates due to the media?

  As reporting crimes helps to sell newspapers and attract television audiences
• What is one of the biggest causes of crime?

  Motoring offences
• What are some crimes associated with transport?

  • Road traffic offences e.g speeding, car theft and parking violations
  • Accidents
  • Alcohol and drugs- drink driving (3,000 are killed or injured each year)
  • Document e.g no driving license
  • In-car safety e.g using a phone when driving
• When did using a hand-held phone when driving become an offence?

  In 2003
• When did all new drivers have to pass a driving test?

  1935
• What are other motoring crimes that have also developed?

  • Theft of vehicles
  • Theft from vehicles e.g stealing mobile phones
  • Joyriding- 10,000 cases reported each year
• What are the crimes associated with technology?

  • Fraud
  • Malicious software-downloading viruses
  • Hacking
  • Spam
  • Sexual crimes
  • Online threats
  • Cyberterrorism
  • Harassment
  • Copyright infringement/piracy
• What does the development of technology allow criminals to do?

  To commit crimes remotely, without having to enter the victim’s home or office
• How have drugs caused crime?

  • The ban of drugs has increased smuggling
  • Drug addiction has caused an increase in burglary, mugging and robbery as its and expensive habit
• How have crime associated with gangs increased?

  • Increase in gun and knife crime
  • More young people carry weapons for protection
  • More ‘turf wars’
  • Football hooliganism-associated with gang culture
  • Gang members see violence as the norm and attack supporters of other football teams
• What is a Welsh example of terrorism?

  Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (MAC) 1960’s
• Who are the MAC (Wales)

  • A paramilitary welsh organisation
  • Exploded bombs outside Welsh office buildings and tax offices in Cardiff
  • Two MAC’s died from a bomb that exploded prematurely when Prince Charles visited Caernarfon castle
• What are some examples of terrorist organisations?

  • IRA
  • Islamic extremist groups
  • MAC (Wales)
• What did the IRA do?

  • Wanted British rule to end in Protestant Northern Ireland
  • Assassinated the Queen’s cousin
  • Attempted to blow up members of the Cabinet
  • Shells fired into 10 Downing Street in an attempt to kill the Prime Minister
  • An IRA bomb killed 212 people in a shopping centre in Manchester
• Why has terrorism become such a big crime?


  It’s easy to spread a message due to technology
• What is terrorism?


  The use of violence and intimidation to obtain political or religious demands