Causes Flashcards

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What were lives like in Middle Ages?

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Short, hard, brutal lives

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Main cause of crime Middle Ages

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Poverty

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3
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Disease Middle Ages

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Great famine
Black Death
People had to do the work to replace the high death rate.

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4
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Taxation Middle Ages

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High taxes lead to the peasants revolt

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Warfare Middle Ages

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Norman conquest
War of the roses
Families lost providers and taxes were high to pay for war

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6
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Middle Ages murders

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20% of crimes was manslaughter or murder

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Early modern crime main cause

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Poverty, continuation from middle ages

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Population early modern

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Population doubled which led to demand for food, housing and work.

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9
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Causes of poverty early modern

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Rising inflation
Bad harvests

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10
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Vagrancy early modern

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Many people left home to look for work
Vagrancy increased

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Changes in religion early modern

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Failing to swear allegiance to each monarchs religious changes was a crime
Treason and heresy were common from Henry VIII

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12
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2 types of vagabond

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Bare top trickster
Hooker

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Dissolution of monasteries early modern

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The dissolution left many people unemployed
Also ended the help that the monasteries provided to the poor

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14
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Poverty industrial

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Poverty continued to be a main cause of crime

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Population increase industrial

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Areas became overcrowded and disease spread

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16
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Urbanisation industrial

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Poor living and working conditions led to protests

17
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Changes in trade industrial

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Led to highway robbery

18
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Government taxes industrial

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Governments began to heavily tax items, this led to smuggling

19
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Swing riots industrial

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agricultural labourers resorted to machine breaking and rioting in the south-east of England.

20
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Lollards Middle Ages

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Wanted to read the bible in English

21
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Luddites industrial

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Opposed use of cost saving machines

22
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Highway robbery industrial

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Isolated roads were targeted
Horses and guns were easy to access
New methods of transport made it easier

23
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Smuggling industrial

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Smuggled goods were cheaper so they became popular
British coastlines were unguarded

24
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Car crimes modern

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Cars are used for crimes
Allow criminals to escape the scene
Can be sold for profit
Drink driving, speeding

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Computer crime modern
Provides criminals new methods of crimes Mass ownership has led to instant contact Fraud, cyber bullying
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Drug crime modern
Drugs being criminalised has led to an increase in drug crime Trafficking can create a large amount of money Gang rivalry can lead to violence Addiction can cause people to commit other crimes
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Violence modern
Violence has increased Alcohol and drugs has increased football hooliganism Knife crime is linked to juvenile gangs Media glamorises violent crime
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Terrorism modern
Increase in violence to achieve a political objective Terrorism in Northern Ireland, London bombings