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By what percentage did murder rates drop between 1880 and 1980?
26%
Which group of people saw the greatest increase in crime involvement during the 20th century?
Juvenile boys
What is meant by a 'dark figure' of crime?
Unreported crime
Which act set speed limits for self-propelled vehicles?
Red Flag Acts
Where and when did the first fatality caused by a car crash take place in Wales?
Llanishen in 1903
What made cars more accessible to the general public?
Mass production
How many fatal road accidents were there in 1934?
7,000
Was speed limit was set for built up areas in 1934?
30 mph
Which class started to get arrested more due to car crime?
Middle
What was introduced to ensure that a car was road worthy?
MOT
What was introduced to ensure drivers all followed the same rules?
Highway Code
What was introduced to ensure that drivers adhered to speed limits in the 1990s?
Speed cameras
What is the crime of taking a car and driving it without the owners consent, typically committed by those ages 17 to 24?
Joyriding
What in cars have made it harder for them to be broken into?
Alarms
What is the crime of bumping into a car and then stealing it when the owner gets out?
Car-jacking
When was the breathalyser introduced?
1967
What were introduced in the 1970s that made police pursuits much faster?
Patrol cars and rapid response units
When were the MAC most prevalent?
1963 to 1969
What did the MAC blow up from Lake Vyrnwy to Liverpool in 1967?
Water pipe
Whose investiture did MAC try to stop in Caernarfon Castle in July 1969?
Prince Charles
Which two MAC members were killed by a prematurely exploding bomb?
Alwyn Jones and George Taylor
Who was the leader of the MAC?
John Jenkins
How long was John Jenkins imprisoned for when he was caught?
10 years
What does the IRA stand for?
Irish Republican Army
What did the IRA want to end in Northern Ireland?
British rule
What was the time between 1969 and 2001 known as in Northern Ireland?
'The Troubles'
How many people were killed during 'The Troubles'?
3,500
Which royal family member did the IRA kill by bomb?
Queen's cousin
Where did the IRA detonate the largest peacetime bomb in British history?
Arndale Shopping Centre (Manchester)
What was signed in 1998 to end violence in Northern Ireland?
Good Friday Agreement
The Meibion Glyndwr took grievance with the decline of what?
Welsh language and culture
What campaign did the Meibion Glyndwr carry out on English owned holiday homes?
Arson
When were the Meibion Glyndwr active from and until?
1979 to 1994
When was the attack on the World Trade Centre?
September 11 2001
How many bombs were detonated during the 2005 London 7/7 attack?
4
How many civilians died during the 7/7 attacks?
52
The smuggling of what has become far more sophisticated in recent years?
Drugs
What crimes have become more prevalent due to juvenile gangs?
Gun and knife
What type of crime related with sport has become popular since the 1970s?
Football hooliganism
What is the crime of tricking someone into giving their personal details?
Phishing
By what percentage did phishing increase from 2014 to 2015?
21%
What type of footage has enabled police to better identify criminals?
CCTV
When was the first mobile radio utilised the the police?
1923
When was 999 introduced?
1937
When did the Police National Computer system go live?
1974
Which committee was set up in 1900 to find new ways to detect crime?
Belper Committee
Who developed fingerprint technology?
Edward Richard Henry
When was the first person prosecuted with fingerprint technology?
1902
When was the National DNA Database set up?
1995
When was the Fraud Squad set up?
1946
When was the Anti-Terrorist Squad set up?
1972
When was the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit set up?
2001
When was probation service introduced?
1907
When were prisoners first allowed to meet other inmates at designated times?
1923
Where was the first open prison, opened in 1936, opened?
Wakefield
When was flogging abolished?
1948
How many crimes was the capital punishment limited to in 1957?
5
Who were the three main people with cases that led to the end of the death penalty?
Timothy Evans, Derek Bentley and Ruth Ellis
What was Timothy Evans falsely accused of?
Killing his wife and daughter
What was Timothy Evans given, after his hanging, in 1966?
Posthumous pardon
What was Derek Bentley accused of being in the murder of a police officer?
Accomplice
What did Derek Bentley have during his childhood that made his case so controversial?
Learning difficulties
What was Ruth Ellis' murder of her unfaithful husband seen as?
A crime of passion
Who was the last Welsh person to be hung?
Vivian Teed
When was the last people executed in the UK?
August 13 1964
What was introduced as a 5 year trial to see if the abolition of the death penalty would work?
Murder Act of 1965
When was the Murder Act of 1965 made permanent?
1969
What was the emphasis for treatment of young people in prison put on during the 20th century?
Reform
What type of prison was set up for the reform of prisoners between 15 and 21?
Borstals
When was the first borstal set up?
1902
What courts were set up in 1908 to assist with young offenders?
Juvenile courts
What was set up in 1932 for offenders under the age of 15?
Approved Schools
What percentage of young offenders from borstals and approved schools reoffended?
60%
When did borstals close?
1982
What replaced borstals in 1982?
Youth Detention Centres
What replaced the Youth Detention Centres in 1988?
Young Offender Institutes
What ages do Young Offender Institutes cater for?
18 to 21
What is the name of the Young Offenders Institute that opened in Wales in 1987?
Parc Prison, Bridgend
Where were male inmates normally put to work in open prisons?
Farms
Where is Wales' only open prison located?
Prescoed
When did Prescoed Prison open?
1939
What do people on probation have to attend for up to 60 days?
Probation Centres
When was the Parole Board created?
1967
What happens to a prisoner if the terms of their parole are broken?
Recalled
What system was set up in 1972 that requires offenders to do unpaid work as their punishment?
Community service
What did community service develop into in 2003?
Community payback
How many hours of service can offenders be ordered to complete?
40 to 300
When was the first female police officer employed?
1919
What were female police officers not allowed to do until 1923?
Make arrests
When were women fully integrated into the police force?
1970s
What percentage of police officers are women?
29%
How many police officers were there in 2006?
124,000
What was establish to train police officers in 1947?
National Police College
To how many divisions did Roy Jenkins streamline the police force into?
47
How many major police forces are there in Wales?
4
When was the Neighbourhood Watch scheme launched?
1982
What does PCSO stand for?
Police Community Support Officer
When were PCSOs introduced?
2002
What do PCSOs give the police 'on the street'?
Presence