Crime and Punishment Modern Britain

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What was the opinion AGAINST the vote for women?
They didn't want change-thought it was fine how it was. The men could make the decision for women. They're bases at home-they have no involvement national politics. Women don't fight for country-cant say how its run. Many women didn't want to vote.
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What was the opinion FOR the vote for women?
Women could vote in other countries. Women just as intelligent as Men. If a woman could have a degree and be a doctor why can they vote? Cant call it a democracy if all can't vote. It affects women-they should have a right to say their view.
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Who where the suffragists?
The Suffragists were members of the National Union of Women’s suffrage societies (NUWSS). Anyone could join and they wanted the vote for women. Used words rather than action!
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What were the four suffragists methods?
Petitions, Protest marches, Propaganda and Parliamentary pressure
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Who were the suffragettes?
The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a slightly smaller group than that NUWSS. Used action rather than words.
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What were the four suffragettes methods?
Propaganda, Protests, Damage to property, Violence against people, Civil disobedience, Hunger strikes for those put in prison for their actions
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How did people respond to suffragists before WW1?
Created a positive impression of the suffrage movement and people saw there view, but they took no action.
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How did people respond to suffragettes before WW1?
They saw them as violent and irrational. People therefore saw it as "why would you give the vote to an irrational group of people?"
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How did women take charge in proving themselves when WW1 broke out?
They took the jobs left behind be men who had gone to war,
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How WW1 and what women did achieve?
he fact that there was a vastly reduced voting public (as many men were away fighting in the war) meant that women finally got the vote
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How did the suffragists and suffragettes overall help?
It could be argued that it was the moderate suffragists’ message that won women the vote, but equally the more radical suffragettes made sure that that message was heard.
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What two things impacted crime and punishment?
The law was changed to allow women to vote. 2. The type of protest methods used by the Suffragettes was often illegal.
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How did the government react to hunger strikes?
The government could not be seen to be allowing women to die in prison as the public would not like this. The government had to try a new tactic and they passed a law that became known as the ‘Cat and Mouse Act women ill from hunger could be released
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How did the end of WW1 impact Britain?
caused major problems for the global economy and commodities such as coal and grain could be made cheaper by other nations. British workers (coal miners in the first instance) were being asked to work longer for less pay.
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Who and when did people go on strike?
1926 the coal minors, transport workers and many other workers all over the country went on strike for 9 day in May.
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What did the government do to continue to function as normal?
• They called the army in to keep order • Employed special constables to patrol the streets and run rail network • Used the radio to report specific stories about the strike that made the strikers look like traitors.
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What was the outcome?
Eventually the strikers could not continue without pay and did not get what they wanted. They had failed and had to go back to work
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How does the general strike differ from other protests (gunpowder plot, suffragettes, peterloo etc.)?
Violence in the other protests were brutal and public. This type of punishment was unpopular with an increased voting public, and more moderate measures put in place. Government could use politics, propaganda and new tech-radio. They couldnt before.
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So what stayed the same over time?
Societies still very divided, crimes against property, highway robbery-now of cars though.
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So what changed over time?
Murder, violent crime and terrorism have all increased. We're a more mobile, connected and global society. Technology.
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What is meant by a divided society?
In the medieval period you had Rich and poor, now you have very poor, poor, low earners, average earners, moderate earners, high earners and the super rich.
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How does the change in technology cause this change throughout time?
9/11 terror attacks on the USA in 2001 were internationally organised, During the middle ages not only could the people of the middle east not get to America. CRIME IS MORE RECORDED! Along with video/audio recording
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What is meant by crimes against poverty?
smuggling and robbery have not only continued but have in many cases increased.
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How has crime increased over time?
With the development of new technologies new crimes come with them. Grand Theft Auto criminals-the new highwaymen, mobile phones are stolen-could not happen 50 years ago, cyber crime changed the face of crime! financial crimes like hacking and fraud
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How does punishment differ from many years ago?
No execution, Reformed prisons
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What is the result of overcrowded prisons?
Suspended sentence, open prisons, community service, tags ASBO's
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What changed in Law and Justice?
Development of equality-Race/Gender specific. The court system extended
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How was the court system extended?
Local Magistrates courts, Local Civil courts, Regional Crown Courts.
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What was the cause of crime in the 20th century?
World War and Global Depression
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What was the cause of crime in the 21st century?
New technologies, Improved Living Standards, Global Community
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What were typical crimes?
Political protest, Civil Disobedience, White collar crime, Increased Violence, Crimes against poverty
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What happened to policing?
IT WAS ESTABLISHED NATIONALLY!!
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There were lots of specific divisions in policing, what were they?
CID, Anti-terrorism, community police, transport police and custom police
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