Added crime and punishment Flashcards
1000-1500 Medieval England crimes
against person - murder, assault, public disorder
against property - theft, arson, counterfeit coins
against authority - treason, killing a norman
social crime - poaching
Medieval england punishments
- fines - wergild
- maiming
- stocks/pillaries
- whipping
Medieval england law enforcement
- trial by ordeal
- tithing - collective responsibility
-hue and cry - church courts for moral crimes
Case study focus for medieval england
The influence of the church in the early 13th century - trial by ordeal, sanctuary, benefit of the clergy - neck verse, psalm 51
1500-1700 Early modern england crimes
- Treason
- Heresy
- Witchcraft
- Vagabondage
Early modern england punishment
- Capital
- Public whipping of vaga - corporeal
- stocks and pillary
- transportation to north america
- bloody code (1688)
Early modern england law enforcement
- hue and cry
- town watchmen - voluntary
- parish constable - paid
- JP
- Matthew Hopkins (witch)
- courts
Early modern england case study
- Gunpowder Plot and Matthew Hopkins
1605, Guy Fawkes, guilty of treason, hung, drawn and quartered - sent body parts around uk
daemonology, witch trial frenzy
Early modern england key terms
- Divine right
- Authority - king, gov, made poaching serious as it was a threat to power
1700-1900 century Britain crimes
- Smuggling
- Poaching
- Highway robbery
- Tolpuddle Martyrs - urban crime
18th and 19th century Britain punishment
- End of Bloody code in 1823
- End of transportation
- End of public execution
- Prison
18th and 19th Britain case study focus
- Pentonville Prison and Robert Peel
1842, prison opened, seperate system, reformation through hard labour
Reform, penal - does the punishment fit the crime
Robert peel - 1829 Metro Act and 1823 Jails Act
Present modern day Britain crimes
- Conscientious objectors - ww1
- Racism - more immigration
- Drugs - more cities
- Driving offences - cars were made
- New definitions of old crimes - smuggling
1900-Present day punishments
- Prison
- Borstals - young offenders
- Non custodial - electro log
- No more death penalty
Modern Britain law enforcement
- 999 - specialised units
- forensic science - DNA, fingerprints
- neighbourhood watch
- Police community support officers
