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Crime and Punishment in Britain c1000-present
Changes in crime, punishment and law enforcement
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Crime and Punishment in Britain c1000-present is a key topic in the Edexcel GCSE Historyspecification. This topic covers changes in crime, punishment and law enforcement.
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Nature of crimes medievalCrimes against the personCrimes against propertyCrimes against authorityHeresy and treasonLaw enforcement medievalTithings and hue and cryManor courtsRoyal courtsTrial by ordealTrial by juryPunishments medievalFines and stocksCorporal punishmentCapital punishmentNew crimes 16th-17th centuryVagabondageWitchcraftHeresy under TudorsTreason and religious changeLaw enforcement early modernJPs and parish constablesWatchmenPunishments early modernBloody Code beginningsTransportationPublic executionsGunpowder Plotters 1605Matthew Hopkins witch-huntsChanging crimes 18th-19th centuryPoachingSmugglingHighway robberyCrimes in industrial townsLaw enforcement changesBow Street RunnersMetropolitan Police 1829Robert PeelDetective departmentPrison reformJohn HowardElizabeth FrySeparate and silent systemsEnd of public executionTransportation to AustraliaNew crimes 20th centuryHate crimesComputer crimeTerrorismDrug crimesModern policingTechnology in policingCommunity policingModern punishmentsAbolition of death penaltyOpen and closed prisonsAlternatives to prisonWhitechapel c1870-c1900Living conditionsImmigrationPolicing WhitechapelJack the RipperH Division
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