Deck 2: Histories of Crime

Question 1

Jones argued that a ´new female criminal´ had been created by women´s social liberation from the 1960s onwards.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

One major claim is that Western societies became increasingly intolerant of male violence. Is this so and why?

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

Many historians argue that past societies have been far more violent than contemporary ones. Why is this?

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

Most prosecuted crime is committed by younger people. There are two reasons for this. What are they?

A)Younger offenders are more likely to be pursued by the criminal justice system
B)Young people are easier to arrest
C)Youth offenders are less intelligent
D)Young people commit more crime of a kind that people feel should be reported
E)It is easier to detect if a young person has committed a crime

Question 5

Women in early modern Britain and Europe often appeared before courts. They were most commonly charged with what?

A)Assault
B)Infanticide
C)Prostitution
D)Slander
E)Property crime

Question 6

From the late 1980s, the view of history, class and crime began to change. Social history was critiqued from three different directions. Which three were they?

A)Studies of pre-capitalist or early modern societies showed that crime and disorder were not just by-products of ´modern´ struggles
B)Cultural historians argued that crime and its control held many and varied social meanings
C)Historians of gender and family relations highlighted many kinds of less than heroic male crimes
D)Marxist historians argued class was still dominant
E)Cultural historians embraced consumerism as the new cause of crime

Question 7

What is the main reason for the U.S. imprisonment rates having increased significantly since the mid 1970s?

A)More young women are becoming violent criminals.
B)An overall increase in violent juvenile populations.
C)Criminalization and swift sentences for new offenses.
D)An raw number influx in people (raw numbers = rates)

Question 8

What is the main reason for using the Brank in Colonial Williamsburg?

A)The brank, or the "gossip's bridle", silenced offenders as it was a heavy iron cage with iron spiked insert in mouth over the tongue.
B)The brank, or the "dunk tank", was increasingly used during night-time to execute murderers.
C)The brank, or the "public lovers hell", was used to punish those who kissed in public on Sundays.
D)The brank was a method used to brand a T on the hands of thieves.

Question 9

What is true about incarceration rates around the world?

A)Women represent a majority of the incarceration rates in most countries.
B)The United States ranks similarly in incarceration rates next to Switzerland, Germany, and Norway.
C)The United States has the highest incarceration rate per 100,000 in the world.
D)Hate crime against 10-15 year olds

Question 10

What year saw the introduction of ASBOs (anti-social behaviour orders)?

A)1988
B)1992
C)1998
D)2002
E)2008

Question 11

What is the main reason for British homicide rates having increased significantly since the 1980s?

A)More young women are being murdered
B)Increasing night-time violence
C)Doubling of murders of men aged 20-24
D)Hate crime against 10-15 year olds
E)Increased police surveillance

Question 12

Inequalities are deeply rooted in many societies and historical studies of crime are important to show it isn't new in justice systems.

Question 13

Adler argued that a ´new female criminal´ had been created by women´s social liberation from the 1960s onwards.

Question 14

The United States has 25% of the world's population and nearly 5% of it's prisoners -- 2.2 million people.

Question 15

Recorded crimes rose steeply from about half a million in 1950 to 1.6 million in 1970 and then to 2.2 million in 1991 (Home Office, 1999)

Question 16

According to some historians, a defining feature of ´social crime´ was that most ordinary people believed these actions were justifiable. What does this mean?