Deck 1: History of Crime

Question 1

Which of these best defines the cultural history approach?

A) An approach primarily concerned with examining history through the lense of media and circulating ideas and their impacts
B) An approach used to examine crime statistics throughout history
C) An approach primarily concerned with how past cultural norms apply to the present day
D) An approach primarily exploring laws and legal responses to crime in the past

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following best describes criminologists who study the history of crime, from any time period, with the primary aim of explaining current crime and/or crime regulation trends?

A) Historians of crime
B) Contemporary criminologists
C) Historians of a particular place/period
D) Historical criminologists

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which piece of legislation legalised homosexuality between men, but only over the age of 21 and in private?

A) Sex Discrimination Act 1975
B) Sexual Offences Act 1976
C) Sexual Offences Act 1967
D) Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What year was marital rape officially made a crime in England and Wales, following the House of Lords ruling on the R v R case?

A) 1997
B) 1973
C) 1991
D) 1980

Question 5

Prior to the Theft Act 1968, which of the following would be considered burglary?

A) The offender breaks into a commercial property at 1.00 am and commits theft
B) The offender breaks into a residential at 9.30 pm and commits theft
C) The offender breaks into a residential property at 8.30 pm and commits theft
D) The offender steals something from the front lawn of a residential property at 5.00 am

Question 6

In what year did Sir Robert Peel create the Metropolitan Police?

A) 1805
B) 1829
C) 1833
D) 1819

Question 7

Which of the following best describes 'historicising' in the context of crime?

A) Understanding contemporary crime trends
B) Understanding past crimes exclusively through the lens of present-day criminological theory
C) Understanding crime in relation to offenders past criminal records
D) Understanding past crimes in historically specific ways

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using the case study approach to study the history of crime?

A) It can be used to make commentary on how particular crimes were viewed at the time
B) It can be used to study poorly documented or lower-profile cases that may have had important impacts
C) It can be used to explore economic conditions at the time
D) It can be used to demonstrate public perceptions of crime and policing at the time

Question 9

What is the main criticism of historical criminologists' approach to studying the history of crime?

A) History of crime is used to aid the analysis of modern crime trends
B) Only very specific time periods are studied
C) History of crime and past crimes are only deemed worthy of analysis in relation to modern problems and trends
D) Historical context is never considered

Question 10

Which of the following type of scholars of the history of crime is most concerned with using crime and/or perceptions of crime to examine economic, social and political conditions in a given historical context?

A) Historians of crime
B) Historians of a particular place and/or period
C) Historical criminologists
D) Contemporary criminologists