Causes of Crime

Question 1

4 main causes of poverty in Medieval Era

Answer 1

High taxes
Famine
Disease
Warfare

Question 2

When was the Great Famine in the Medieval Era

Answer 2

1315-17

Question 3

What primarily caused the Great Famine 1315-17

Answer 3

Series of poor harvests (killed 10% of population)

Question 4

When was the Black Death in the Medieval Era

Answer 4

1340s

Question 5

Name for disease in 1340s where villages were left deserted and land was left unarmed leading to hunger and poverty

Answer 5

Black Death

Question 6

What is a key example of war (warfare) in Medieval Era

Answer 6

Norman Conquest from 1066

Question 7

When was the Norman Conquest

Answer 7

From 1066

Question 8

What did high taxes in the late 1370s lead to

Answer 8

Peasant’s Revolt 1381

Question 9

In the Medieval Era poverty is the main cause of crime as there are so many things that cause poverty. What are 2 other causes of crime

Answer 9

Access to dangerous weapons
Increase in trade and business

Question 10

Why does an increase in trade and business in the medieval era cause crime

Answer 10

More Merchants and traders use roads so highway robbery increases

Question 11

How access to dangerous weapons in Medieval Era caused crime

Answer 11

Easy access to farming tools like axes etc which can be used for murder and manslaughter

Question 12

3 main causes of crime in Medieval Era

Answer 12

Poverty (due to famine, warfare, disease and high tax)
Access to dangerous weapons
Increase in trade and business

Question 13

2 main causes of crime in Early Modern Era (16th and 17th Century)

Answer 13

Poverty
religion

Question 14

Why poverty was such a huge cause of crime in Early modern era

Answer 14

Growing population
Bad harvests
Dissolution of monasteries
Changes in farming methods

Etc- think Elizabeth!

Question 15

What is a heretic

Answer 15

Someone who refuses to accept and follow the official religion of a country

Question 16

Why did treason and Hersey increase in the early modern era (they weren’t previously a cause of crime in the Medieval Era)

Answer 16

Due to Protestant reformation and the official religion of the country continuously changing and people weren’t ready to suddenly change their religious views and accept the new religion which meant that according to the country’s laws they were committing a crime

E.g the reformation of the church in 1533 by Henry V111- this meant there were stricter rules on what was classified as heresy (a crime) as before no one really considered going against the official religion as it was always the same and unquestioned

Question 17

What is treason

Answer 17

Betraying the Monarch/ government
(Hersey is part of this as going against the official religion is also going against the Monarch who enforces that official religion)

Question 18

Main causes of crime in Industrial era

Answer 18

Industrialisation and urbanisation occur (following the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s) Therefore the following listed things that are associated with this as a result of more people living in crowded areas, people losing jobs to more machinery etc are what cause an increase in crime

-Economic problems
-political unrest
-poor living conditions
-increasing population
-growth of industrial towns

Question 19

3 Key places that became cities in Industrial era

Answer 19

Manchester
Liverpool
Birmingham

Question 20

What causes of crime appear in the 20th/ 21st century that weren’t previously causes

Answer 20

Increasing technology- growth of cars so easier to get away after committing crime + TV glamorises criminal lifestyle
Misuse of alcohol and drugs due to these being more available- people can’t think properly so turn to bad behaviour
More financial worries due to cost of living crisis

Question 21

True or false, poverty is always a cause of crime

Answer 21

True
During all time periods there are always people in poverty meaning people turn to theft out of desperation

Question 22

5 key dates
Peasants revolt:
Great Famine
Black Death
Norman conquest
Henry V111 reformation of the church and treason laws

Answer 22

Peasants revolt: 1381
Great Famine:1315-17
Black Death:1340s
Norman conquest: from 1066
Henry V111 reformation of the church and treason laws: 1533 and 1534

Question 23

What % of the population were killed in the great famine 1315-17

Answer 23

10%