Public attitudes
What Public attitudes means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Reference: OCR
Initially unpopular and viewed as a threat to liberty, the police were opposed by significant public opposition and fear of a military-style state apparatus.
Public hostility, together with government policy, led to attacks on 'enemy aliens' during the First and Second World Wars.
Topics that use Public attitudes
- Thematic Study: Crime and Punishment, c.1250 to present (OCR GCSE)
- Thematic Study: Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Government policy
- Social attitudes
- Urbanisation
- Asylum-seekers
- Authority and control
- Bloody Code
- Causes of migration and expulsion
- Changing attitudes to punishment
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