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- Crime and Punishment in Roman Times16
- Crime and Punishment in Anglo-Saxon England31
- Crime and Punishment in Norman England9
- Crime and Punishment in Medieval England59
- Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Britain48
- The Bloody Code7
- Crime and Punishment in Industrial Britain17
- Prisons and Transportation7
- Development of Policing20
- Crime and Punishment Since 190021
- Causes and Definitions of Crime9
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Crime and Punishment 1450-1750 - created from Mind Map CHANGES IN SOCIETY POPULATION GROWTH - population was steadily increasing and with more people it was harder to find work INCREASED POVERTY AND WEALTH -england was becoming wealthier so some people were getting richer...
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Anglo Saxon Crime and Punishment - created from Mind Map law and order when the romans left roman empire collapsed - so did their uniform system of law and order in the 5th century AD localised/decentralised centralised Angles, Saxons and Jutes from north Germany took over ...
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Crime and Punishment- Ancient Rome Summary Crime and Punishment-Ancient Rome 1st Century CE - 5th Century CE Crimes in Ancient Rome : Theft (e.g. of clothes), demolition of buildings, burning down a building-arson, protesting against appalling housing, high ta...
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Crime and Punishment - Anglo-Saxon Times Medieval Problems Overview - Poverty, Famine and Warfare Poverty: Most medieval people depended on their fields for food, a bad harvest meant hunger or starvation Population of England was around 4.75 million - with m...
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Crime and Punishment 1750-1900 - created from Mind Map how did life change during the industrial revolution, a period of greater social change than ever before? these changes were gradual but completely altered the way most people lived and the revolution also had an effe...
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20th Century Crime and Punishment - created from Mind Map chnages that have taken place since 1900 and may have affected attitudes to crime are; VOTING everyone over 18 can vote, suffragettes TRANSPORT speed of transport has shrunk the world and smuggling is occuring so thei...
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Later Middle Ages Crime and Punishment - created from Mind Map Categorisation of different crimes and their punishments did not change very much at all from the Normans to the Medieval period. the only difference is that breaking the Forest Laws became a crime which was regarded ...
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Crime and Punishment 1450-1750 (continued) - created from Mind Map 1 - SMUGGLERS smuggling is bringing goods into a country illegally without paying the necessary import tax on them. REAL LIFE EXAMPLE is the Hadleigh Gnag which had over 100 members each with 2 horses which meant they...
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The Middle Ages C400 - C1500 The Middle Ages Major Developments C400 - C1500 Hue and Cry - The victims of crime were expected to find the culprits themselves, calling out fellow villagers to help. Tithings - A group of 10 men were responsible for...
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Crime and Punishment 1750-1900 (continued) - created from Mind Map why was there not a police force before 1789? citizens didnt want a police force as they didn't want to be caught for their crimes. they saw it as army-like and taking away their freedom and had a fear of the force of...
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Rome AD43 to C410 Rome AD43 to C410 Roman Britain AD. 43 Romans invade Britain C. 410 Collapse of Roman Empire, withdrawal from Britain Roman Law We know that they had a wide range of laws so we can presume that they had a wide range o...
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Norman Rule in England Study Note A New System After the Normans conquered England in 1066, William the Conqueror took the throne. With this change, the power of the king and Church increased relative to other parts of society. During the Norman perio...
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Modern cirme and punishment - History This document is made from a mind map: Modern crime and punishment - Law, Justice and courts: Develepment of equality - No hate against specific genders, Hate against the LBTQ community, No r...
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Anglo Saxons' way of preventing crime - created from Mind Map Policing The Anglo Saxons had different ways of policing. This is shown with the range of techniques they used to deter crimes The Hue and Cry
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Question 6 Changing view on the nature of crimeAttitude of the authoritiesAttitude of the publicReligionTechnologyWitchcraft - 1500 -16th CenturyAttitude of the authorities- most Kings and Queens were scared of witches.James I w...
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Transportation Transportation What happened to the convicts transferred to hulks (kept there until there were enough for a voyage) - common for there to be deaths. on board the ship: conditions were terrible - many died. The journey...
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Types of Crimes Pickpockets + Cutpurses: They were petty criminals who stole money or goods from others pockets in crowded places without them noticing Highwaymen: Robbed rich people on horses as roads were incomplete making travel s...
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Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Middle Ages(Medieval) Roman Anglo-Saxon Middle Ages(Medieval)
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history crime and pumishment revision C+P1450-1750New Crimes- Highway men (dick turpin) smuggling (hawkhurst gang) poaching these are social crimes. begging terror of the tramp, fear whipping on market day.Law enforcement- parish constables, voluntary. wa...
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Crime and Fun-ishment. Question 1: Compare 2 sources!The two sources will relate to the same crime, for example vagrancy, and you will have to talk about a change in the crime- be it how it was viewed, how it was punished, or how it be...
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HISTORY REVISION - ANGLO SAXON CRIME AND PUNISHMENT History revision crime and punishment :In the typical Anglo-saxon community the victim who the crime was done against was often responsible for seeking justice. If they had murdered the family was then made responsibl...
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Crime and Punishment 1750- 1900 New Crimes- Pickpocketing- Stealing water- Prostitution- Jack the Ripper, murdered 5 women, were all prostitutes - no fingerprinting- Garrotters - Strangle people with wire from behind.Newspaper reports on murders and...
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Crime and Punishment 1450-1750 New Crimes- Highwaymen (Dick Turpin) increased travel- Smuggling (Hawkhurst gang - Dorset) - not much of a crime because people were for it, it avoided taxes - social crime- Poaching - social crime- Begging (vagabonds...
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Punishments For Crimes Pickpockets + Cutpurses Punishment: A fine, whipping or transportation Highwaymen: Death Penalty Footpads: Imprisonment or transportation Pirates + Buccaneers: Execution in public Smugglers: Punishment depen...
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Untitled What are the similarities and differences of Roman and Anglo-Saxon? SIMILARITES: Victims were expected to find their criminals themselves.
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Crime and Punishment - Causes of Crime Crime and Punishment Causes of Crime Tudor period
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