No
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Key Concept
Knowledge
History: Year 8 Knowledge Organiser
C1000-1500: Crime and Punishment in medieval England
1
2
3
4
5
Nature and
changing
definitions of
criminal activity
Change and
Continuity
Crimes against the person, property and authority, including poaching as an
example of social crime
The nature of law
enforcement and
punishment
Evidence
Cause and
Consequence
The role of the authorities and local communities in law enforcement in
Anglo-Saxon, Norman and later medieval England, including tithings, the
hue and cry, and the parish constable
Was Saxon crime
and punishment
primitive or
sophisticated
Changing definitions of crime as a result of the Norman Conquest, including
William 1s Forest laws. Is Simon Schama right? Did William totally change
Saxon crime prevention?
No.
Key Concept
Knowledge
14
Victorian England
Evidence
Methods of crime and punishment in Victorian England
Prisons should be unpleasant places to live
Different crimes you could be imprisoned for – coining, poaching,
treasons, theft, murder, prostitution, kidnapping
The emphasis on deterrence and retribution, the use of fines, corporal and
capital punishment. The use and end of the Saxon Wergild
Wergild crime and punishment, how it was used in everyday situations, is
this primitive or sophisticated?
Yes and No
What was life like in prisons – hard labour, turning crank handles,
walk wheels
15
Trials in Victorian
Britain
Sources
Evidence
Change and
Continuity
The trials were not always fair as they were often bias towards a
guilty verdict
16
Gin Street and Beer
Lane
Evidence
Interpretation
The problem of drink in Victorian Britain and what this meant for
crime and punishment
Destitute people in search of money
Turned to thievery for money
17 & 18
Jack the Ripper
Interpretation
Cause and
Consequence
The mystery of Jack the Ripper, all of the victims, what type of
person were they looking for? Injuries sustained, similar way
victims were murdered.
Looking for a specific person, well educated, medically trained,
read and write, hide during the day, access to medical supplies
19 & 20
Suspects of the
Ripper case
All the suspects of the Ripper case, why were they suspected
Educated, read and write, medical training
21
Types of
punishment
Change and
Continuity
Hard labour, imprisonment, hanging, transportation and penal
servitude
Which of these would you choose?
22
Why was Jack not
caught?
Interpretations
Limitations of the police – slow, poor communication
Modus operandi – the way he killed, use of evidence
Police activity – not communicating, not following leads, drinking
on the job
23
Policing
Sources? Evidence
New techniques found: Fingerprints, Radios, Computers, DNA
Evidence, Cars and Motorbikes
24
Crippen
Cause and
Consequence
How was Crippen caught?
First use of telegraphs to catch someone out of the jurisdiction
C1500-1700: Crime and Punishment in early modern England
6
7
8
9
Nature and
changing
definitions of
criminal activity
Change and
Continuity
The nature of law
enforcement and
punishment
Evidence
Cause and
Consequence
Continuity and change in the nature of crimes against the person, property
and authority, including heresy and treason
New definitions of crime in sixteenth century: vagabondage and witchcraft.
Why are monarchs worried about new crimes 1500-1700? Was England
really hit by a Witch craze in the 17thC
The role of the authorities and local communities in law enforcement,
including town watchmen
The continued use of corporal and capital punishment; the introduction of
transportation and the start of the Bloody Code. Why was the Bloody Code
introduced?
C1700-1900: Crime and Punishment in eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain
10
11
12
13
Nature and
changing
definitions of
criminal activity
Change and
Continuity
Continuity and change in the nature of crimes against the person, property
and authority, including highway robbery, poaching and smuggling
The nature of law
enforcement and
punishment
Evidence
Cause and
Consequence
The role of authorities and local communities in law enforcement, including
the work of the Fielding Brothers. The development of the police forces and
the beginning of CID
Changing definitions of crime exemplified in the ending of witchcraft
prosecutions and the treatment of the Tolpuddle Martyrs
Changing views on the purpose of punishment. The use and ending of
transportation, public execution and the bloody code. Prison reform,
including the influence of John Howard and Elizabeth Fry
Were trials fair or unfair?
Trials were open for all to view if they wanted