1. Welcome to the crime and punishment module
Hwk: Make sure you have a folder with plastic wallets. You may buy one from me for £1

2. Welcome to the crime and punishment module
As a starter discuss these questions with your partner and write down some provisional responses:
1. Is crime becoming more violent?
2. Should punishments be harsher or easier?
3. Does prison make a difference?
4. Should we send criminals to prison for longer?
5. Should we bring back capital punishment?

4. C D D C C B D

5. Overview 1000 years of change and continuity in crime and punishment.
Crime and Punishment: An overview
Overview 1000 years of change and continuity in crime and punishment.
Look for different themes we will study.
Learn the different time periods we will be studying.
Look for patterns and trends over the 1000 years.

6. Who are the following famous people?
When did they live?

7. Middle Ages Industrial period Early Modern Twentieth century
What order do they go in?
Can you remember the names we give to time periods over the last thousand years?

8. Which famous person lived in which time period?
Middle Ages
Early Modern
Industrial period
Twentieth century

9. Middle Ages AD1000-1500 Early Modern AD1500-1700 Industrial period
Can you remember the years of each period.
Middle Ages AD
Early Modern AD
Industrial period AD
Twentieth century AD
This gives us a chronological framework to work with in our history of crime and punishment…
Now copy these into your book.

10. The age of the Black Death
Sometimes historians give different names to the same time periods. Ever heard of the following? Which of our time periods do they fit into?
The Victorians
The Tudors
The Stuarts
The Normans
The Saxons
The era of World Wars
The Georgians
The 19th century
The age of the Black Death
Middle Ages AD
Early Modern AD
Industrial period AD
Twentieth century AD

11. Based on what you know from KS3 when was the best time to have been a criminal?

12. Based on what you know from KS3 when was the best time to have been a criminal?

14. There are four major time periods you will be studying over the next term. You will have to focus on each of the three aspects listed below for each of the time periods. This triangle is important because it shows the link between what people thought about ctime and how they tried to enforce the laws and punish criminals. Ideas about the causes and threat from crime are very important because they influence the methods used to enforce the law and punish criminals.

15. You will have 15 minutes to study the following information sheets and make notes. You must then look to create a new “big picture” revision guide for anyone wanting to studying this module using the three subheadings in the triangle.

16. Crime and punishment through the ages:
MEDIEVAL
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Petty theft most common (Violent crimes minority)
Most serious challenging King’s authority
No police force – sheriffs and constables
Hue and Cry
Tithings
Local Juries Trial by ordeal
Royal judges
Wergilds
Increased death penalty
No prisons
EARLY MODERN
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Petty theft most common
Religious changes by Henry (heresy and witchcraft)
Vagabonds
Pamphlets and broadsheets (crime down)
Thief takers
Court system improved
Savage punishments
INDUSTRIAL
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Rise in crime (population)
Urbanisation (opportunity)
Petty crime (less worried about heresy, more about highway)
Metropolitan police (professional)
Reform
Criminal types (appearance)
Increase in prisons
TWENTIETH
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Big increase up to 1995 (new tech)
Race and Drug crime
Finger prints 1901
DNA x
Radios and Cars speed
Neighbourhood watch
Fines
Open prisons and young offenders
Tagging
Abolition of death penalty
Crime and punishment through the ages:

17. Petty theft most common
MEDIEVAL
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Petty theft most common
Violent crimes minority
Most serious challenging King’s authority
No police force – sheriffs and constables
Hue and Cry
Tithings
Local Juries Trial by ordeal
Royal judges
Wergilds
Increased death penalty
No prisons
EARLY MODERN
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Petty theft most common
Religious changes by Henry (heresy and witchcraft)
Vagabonds
Pamphlets and broadsheets (crime down)
Thief takers
Court system improved
Savage punishments
INDUSTRIAL
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Rise in crime (population)
Urbanisation (opportunity)
Petty crime (less worried about heresy, more about highway)
Metropolitan police (professional)
Reform
Criminal types (appearance)
Increase in prisons
TWENTIETH
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Big increase up to 1995 (new tech)
Race and Drug crime
Finger prints 1901
DNA x
Radios and Cars speed
Neighbourhood watch
Fines
Open prisons and young offenders
Tagging
Abolition of death penalty

18. Petty theft most common
MEDIEVAL
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Petty theft most common
Violent crimes minority
Most serious challenging King’s authority
No police force – sheriffs and constables
Hue and Cry
Tithings
Local Juries Trial by ordeal
Royal judges
Wergilds
Increased death penalty
No prisons
EARLY MODERN
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Petty theft most common
Religious changes by Henry (heresy and witchcraft)
Vagabonds
Pamphlets and broadsheets (crime down)
Thief takers
Court system improved
Savage punishments
INDUSTRIAL
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Rise in crime (population)
Urbanisation (opportunity)
Petty crime (less worried about heresy, more about highway)
Metropolitan police (professional)
Reform
Criminal types (appearance)
Increase in prisons
TWENTIETH
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Big increase up to 1995 (new tech)
Race and Drug crime
Finger prints 1901
DNA x
Radios and Cars speed
Neighbourhood watch
Fines
Open prisons and young offenders
Tagging
Abolition of death penalty
MEDIEVAL
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Petty theft most common
Violent crimes minority
Most serious challenging King’s authority
No police force – sheriffs and constables
Hue and Cry
Tithings
Local Juries Trial by ordeal
Royal judges
Wergilds
Increased death penalty
No prisons
EARLY MODERN
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Petty theft most common
Religious changes by Henry (heresy and witchcraft)
Vagabonds
Pamphlets and broadsheets (crime down)
Thief takers
Court system improved
Savage punishments
INDUSTRIAL
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Rise in crime (population)
Urbanisation (opportunity)
Petty crime (less worried about heresy, more about highway)
Metropolitan police (professional)
Reform
Criminal types (appearance)
Increase in prisons
TWENTIETH
Have they mentioned…
Yes
Des/ex
Big increase up to 1995 (new tech)
Race and Drug crime
Finger prints 1901
DNA x
Radios and Cars speed
Neighbourhood watch
Fines
Open prisons and young offenders
Tagging
Abolition of death penalty

21. Why do you think most people think crime is worse than it actually is?

22. Do these headlines give you a clue?
Teenager stabbed to death in park
Customs officials seize drugs worth millions
Foreign criminal gang sell people’s bank details over the internet
Footballer’s house burgled again!

23. Attitudes / values / beliefs
We often think that crime is worse than it is because we are influenced by certain factors. For example:
The media
Attitudes / values / beliefs

24. In our thousand year study of crime and punishment factors are hugely important in explaining when and why things changed or stayed the same.
There are 8 important factors that affect what happens in the history of crime and punishment for over a thousand years so it is worth remembering them!

25. The media Wealth and poverty Church and religion Individuals
Travel and technology
Urbanisation
Attitudes / beliefs / values
The media
Church and religion
Individuals
Government / lawmakers

26. Let’s start thinking about how these factors are influential by looking at the history of capital punishments (executions).
But before we do, how much can you remember about the chronology of the course?

27. What were the names we gave to our 4 main time periods?
Middle Ages
Industrial period
Early Modern
Twentieth century
What were the names we gave to our 4 main time periods?

28. Middle Ages AD1000-1500 Early Modern AD1500-1700 Industrial period
Can you remember the dates of each period.
Middle Ages AD
Early Modern AD
Industrial period AD
Twentieth century AD
Read the capital crimes case studies. What time periods do they belong in?
Now copy these into your book.

29. REMEMBER, SOME FACTORS WILL INFLUENCE MORE THAN ONE CASE STUDY!
Take each case study in turn and decide which factor card helped to influence it. If you think a factor influenced a case study, EXPLAIN how then place the factor next to it.
REMEMBER, SOME FACTORS WILL INFLUENCE MORE THAN ONE CASE STUDY!

30. The media Wealth and poverty Travel and technology Individuals
Attitudes / beliefs / values
Wealth and poverty
Urbanisation
Travel and technology
Government / lawmakers
Individuals
Church and religion

31. From what you know so far, which factor do you think did the most to influence capital punishments?