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Crime and Punishment Dates Flashcards

1
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When did the Normans arrive in England?

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1066

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2
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When were royal courts established?

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1163

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When was the coroners established?

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1194

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4
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When were JPs established

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1361 (after knights)

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5
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When was trial by ordeal and combat abolished?

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1215

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6
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When was the parish Constable established?

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1285

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7
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When was the early modern civil war?

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1642 - 1649

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8
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When was it illegal to take food from privately owned enclosures?

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1671 Game Act

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9
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When was benefit of the clergy nerfed?

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1576

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10
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When was church sanctuary abolished

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1623

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11
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When was Habeaus Corpus Act done?

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1576

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12
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When was witchcraft illegal?

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1542

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13
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What were the vagrancy acts?

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1547 - 1550 - branded with V + 2 yr slavery, roffence mean death or life slavery

1597 - hole burnt in earlobe, sent to exile or executed if they didn’t change

1601 - poor laws

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14
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When were houses of correction introduced?

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1576

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15
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When was witchcraft abolished?

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1736

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When was Highway robbery illegal?

17
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What were the important dates for the Bow Street Runners?

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Established 1749
Collected fees in 1754
Government funded in 1785

18
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When was met police established?

19
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When was transportation introduced?

20
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When was the gaols act?

21
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When was black act?

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1723 - 1823

22
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What year were they Toldpuddle Martyrs trialed?

23
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What made it illegal to refuse jobs for race?

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1968 Race Relations Act

24
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When was hate crime stopped?

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2003 Criminal Justice Act

25
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Modern Law Enforcement dates?

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1901 - fingerprints + blood samples
1930s - 2 way radio
1937 - 999 number
Police National Computer - 1974
DNA first used as evidence - 1988

26
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Police force dates

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1920 - women
1947 - 14 weeks training for new recruits
1982 - neighbourhood watch

27
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Changes in prison dates

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Separate system abolished 1902
1922 - solitary condiment ended
Open prisons in 1933

28
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Non-custodial alternatives to prison

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Probation - 1907
Fines - 1914
Parole + suspended sentence - 1967
Electronic tagging - after 1990s

29
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Reformation of Young Offenders punishments

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1902 - borstals
1932 -1959 - approved schools
1948 attendance centres
1982 - end of borstals
1982 - youth detention centres

30
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When was blood code abolished?

31
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Duration of bloody code

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1723 - 1868

32
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When did government abolish death for murder (with exceptions)?

33
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When was United Nations declaration of human rights?

34
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Derek Bentley case

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1952 - hung a year later
Pardoned in 1998

35
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Timothy Evans case

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1950 - hung
1966 pardoned

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