Citizenship and Heritage Studies – SS1 – Crime and Insecurity (Questions with Answers and Explanations)

Insecurity is best described as ______.

A. a state of danger, fear or lack of protection
B. a happy condition of society
C. a form of punishment
D. a type of law

A bank is robbed. Afterwards, customers and businesses avoid the area. Which is the crime and which is the insecurity?

A. Both are crime
B. Both are insecurity
C. The robbery is crime; customers avoiding the area is insecurity
D. The robbery is insecurity; customers avoiding the area is crime

Which of the following is a shared cause of crime and insecurity?

A. Injustice and inequality
B. Neighbourhood watch
C. Early warning systems
D. Community policing