Crime and its Effects on Society Quiz

What telephone numbers do you need to dial to contact the emergency services in the UK for a life threatening emergency?

• 999 only

• 999 or 101

• 999 or 112

• 999, 101, 111, 112

How many different emergency services could be contacted on 999?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 6

Answer explanation

Fire, police and ambulance,

coastguard, cave rescue and mountain rescue

How can crime be reported?

• Dialling 101

• Online reporting

• Dialling 999

• In person

• By post

In what circumstances is dialling 999 used to report a crime?

• When incident is happening at that moment or someone is in immediate danger

• Non-urgent calls or urgent but not life-threatening

• Calls are anonymous

• Urgent response not required

What is the aim of Crimestoppers?

• To standardise crime recording

• To track suspects

• To reduce crime

• To manage performance and risks

What is the purpose of the National Crime Recording Standards (NCRS)?

• To manage resources for the NHS

• To enable a nationwide system of recording crime

• To classify crime into different levels

• To gather crime data from surveys

What is the aim of the National Intelligence Model (NIM)?

• To identify trends

• To make decisions

• To compare crime statistics over time

• For all forces to use the same ways of classifying and storing information so it can be easily shared and used by other forces.

What is the purpose of the Crime Survey for England and Wales?

• To gather crime data from surveys

• To meet members of the public for a chat

• To track suspects

• To reduce crime

What can the public services use research statistics for?

• To compare crime statistics over time

• To manage resources

• To identify trends

• To make decisions

• Nothing they're just useless numbers

What is one advantage of NCRS (National Crime Recording Standards)?

• There are no advantages

• NCRS will record a crime even if the victim doesn’t want anything done about it.

• It always shows the Police are doing their job