crime and punishment

Question 1

what is hue and cry?

Answer 1

a victim/witness of a crime raises a hue and cry (shouting)

those who hear it are expected to catch the criminal

Question 2

what were tithings?

Answer 2

shires split into hundreds, and then split into 10 tithings, all people in a tithing are responsible for each other

Question 3

what is an oath?

Answer 3

swear an oath before god, the accused could swear innocence under oath

Question 4

what is a shire reeve?

Answer 4

a sheriff appointed by community took criminals to court and made sure punishments were carried out

Question 5

what is a trial by combat?

Answer 5

2 people fighting to the death or until one surrenders to settle disputes

Question 6

what is capital punishment?

Answer 6

the death penalty

Question 7

what is corporal punishment?

Answer 7

physical punishment eg. whipping

Question 8

what is an outlaw?

Answer 8

men aged 14 or over who tried to avoid trial and punishment by running away to forests or the next village.

Question 9

what is a waived women?

Answer 9

same as outlaws but women, lost their protection of the law which means if someone found and killed them they would get a reward not a punishment

Question 10

what is the feudal system?

Answer 10

social rankings eg. king on top, peasants on bottom

Question 11

what is trial by ordeal?

Answer 11

to fight someone or a physical test to allow god to judge your guilt

Question 12

what is the sanctuary knocker?

Answer 12

knock on the church for 40 days of sanctuary

Question 13

what is benefit of clergy?

Answer 13

neck verse/psalm 51 tried and read in church court wont get the death penalty

Question 14

what were church courts?

Answer 14

courts that were dealing with moral crimes
did not commit the death penalty unless you were a witch
went against the kings court and strained its aunthority

Question 15

what were forest laws?

Answer 15

forests were owned by royals made poaching illegal

Question 16

what is reformation?

Answer 16

changing in church

Question 17

what is a coroner?

Answer 17

someone who inspects suspicious deaths

Question 18

what is a vagabond?

Answer 18

a homeless begger

Question 19

what is a town constable?

Answer 19

employed by town authorities has some powers to arrest suspects

Question 20

what is a night watchman?

Answer 20

unpaid volunteers patrol 10pm until
dawn
carried lamp and bell to warn people to go home incase they are suspected of crimes

Question 21

what is law enforcement?

Answer 21

is the punishments which were made for decreasing crime rates and it was developing

Question 22

what is heresy?

Answer 22

going against the church/religion

Question 23

what were the crimes in whitechapel?

Answer 23

drug use, theft, murder, violent fights and prostitution

Question 24

what was the peabody estate? (Whitechapel)

Answer 24

designed to be model housing, help overcrowding and be affordable

Question 25

what were dosshouses?

Answer 25

cheapest place to stay had to sleep standing up by a piece of string with hay on the floor

Question 26

what were policing techniques? (whitechapel)

Answer 26

soup kitchens were set up to earn respect

Question 27

what is a vigilance committee? (whitechapel)

Answer 27

a group of Whitechapel business men who set up their own reward system paying residents for the information brought forward about crimes

Question 28

what were H division? (whitechapel)

Answer 28

the policing in whitechapel

Question 29

what is a social crime?

Answer 29

crime seen as not having no victim