Section A: Crime c. 1900-present

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What is a hate crime?
A crime motivated by prejudice (race, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation)
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What did the Sexual Offences Act 1967 do?
Decriminalised homosexuality
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What did the Criminal Justice Act 2005 do?
Made hate crimes punished more severely
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What did the Race Relations Act 1968 do and why?
Made discrimination illegal due to increased immigration and multiculturalism
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How was domestic violence viewed in the 19th century?

As a private matter between husband and wife

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Why did attitudes to domestic violence change?

after WWI women gained rights and campaigned for equality

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What did the Domestic Violence Act 1976 do?
Allowed victims to get injunctions
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What happened in 1991 regarding marriage?

rape within marriage was made illegal

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What law was introduced in 2014 and why?
Coercive control became illegal due to better understanding of abuse
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What was the law on abortion before 1967?

Illegal so people carried out unsafe illegal abortions called ‘backstreet abortions’

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What did the Abortion Act 1967 allow and why?

Legal abortion in certain cases if the child would have serious disabilities / the mother were to experience serious physical or mental harm

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What was the abortion time limit set in 1968?
28 weeks (later reduced)
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When was drunk driving first made illegal?
1872 (horse-drawn), 1925 (cars)
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What did the 1967 law introduce?
Legal alcohol limit
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How have attitudes to drink-driving changed?
From lenient to strongly condemned
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What did the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 do?
Made many drugs illegal
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Why were drug laws tightened?
Increased awareness of harm and addiction
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What is terrorism?
Violence used to promote political causes
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Which group was active in the UK in the 1970s–80s?
IRA
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Name two modern terrorist groups
Al-Qaeda and ISIS
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How has terrorism changed in modern times?
Uses the internet to spread messages and recruit
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What is people trafficking?
Moving people to exploit them
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How are victims controlled?
Threats, violence, blackmail
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What is cybercrime?
Crime using computers or the internet
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Name types of cybercrime
Fraud, hacking, copyright theft
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Why is cybercrime hard to control?
It is global and often anonymous