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MEPO2/ 7072, report of traffic offences

MEPO2/ 7072, report of traffic offences

   
 
  MEPO2/ 7072, report of traffic offences; This report shows the rising figures for car crime in the 1950s. Note that car crime was rising faster than the number of cars on the roads.
 
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Which new crimes can be found in these documents?
What signs are there of the huge increase in car crime through the century?
There are two ways of looking at these figures: comparing cars with (horse-drawn) carriages and comparing years.
Note the fines: how do they compare with today? 

 
Worksheet Instructions
  Put some of the examples you have found in this Case-Study of a key factor for change affecting crime in the 20th century in your Gallery Worksheet.