Crime, Punishment and Protest 1450-1998

CRIME, PUNISHMENT AND PROTEST BOOKLET
 
 
Crimes against the person & property Punishments
Poaching,
Foot pads, Highway men,

Dick Turpin,

Pickpockets (artful dodger),

Smuggling,

Jonathan Wild,

Shoplifting,

GBH, ABH,

Murder,

Rape,

Car theft,

Computer crime,
Local law enforcement - Treatment of vagabonds, beggers and  Witchcraft.

Imprisonment + Punishments during the middle ages, e.g. Pillory, Stocks, Hung, Drawn and Quartered etc.

How did these punishments change during 
1750 - 1900,

Reduction of Punishments, increase in numbers             imprisoned, Transported, execution.

The role of John Howard and Elizabeth Fry in the reform of the prisons.
Law Enforcement - Fieldings + Bow Street Runners.

 


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