CRIMES Medieval 1250-1500 High rates of homicide Petty theft Vagrancy Scolding Treason Heresy Industrial 1750-1900 Changes: Fare-dodging Failing to send children to school Continuities: Petty theft Low rates of homicide 1250 1500 1750 1900 2018 1250 2018 Modern 1900 onwards: Changes: Car crime Football hooliganism Drug crime Race, religion and hate crime Cyber crime Continuities; Homicide Petty theft Early modern 1500-1750 Changes: Moral crimes (inc. scolding) Witchcraft Smuggling Highway robbery Continuities: Petty theft Homicide Vagrancy
PUNISHMENTS 1250 1500 1750 1900 2018 1250 2018 Early modern 1500-1750 Medieval 1250-1500 Whipping Branding Fines Cucking stool Stocks Pillory Imprisonment Hanging Hanging, drawing and quartering Burned alive Industrial 1750-1900 Changes: New drop Long drop Transportation Public executions made illegal Continuities: Hanging Whipping Imprisonment 1250 1500 1750 1900 2018 1250 2018 Early modern 1500-1750 Changes: Ducking stool Scold’s Bridle Public penance Bridewell Bloody Code Continuities: Fines Whipping and Branding Cucking stool Stocks and Pillory Imprisonment Hanging Hanging, drawing and quartering Modern 1900 onwards: Changes: Corporal punishment abolished Capital punishment abolished Borstals Probation service Parole system Electronic tags Community Service Order Continuities; Imprisonment
LAW ENFORCEMENT/POLICING Medieval 1250-1500 Sheriff Constable Hue and cry Watchmen JPs Tithings Industrial 1750-1900 Changes: Bow Street Runners Metropolitan Police (London) Police Detectives Continuities: Constables Watchmen 1250 1500 1750 1900 2018 1250 2018 Early modern 1500-1750 Changes: Watchmen (more employed) JPs extended role Continuities: Constables Hue and Cry Sheriff (less important) Tithings Modern 1900 onwards: Changes: Neighbourhood Watch PCSO Continuities; Police Detectives