1. Crime and Punishment GCSE History exam –Top Tips
The exam is 1 hour and 15 minutes. Keep an eye on the clock!
Answer all the questions on the exam paper.
There are 6 questions in total
Question 6 will be about crime and the East End Of London.
Read the questions carefully. (dates)
Provide a conclusion to any question that requires a judgement.
If the question has sources : you must refer to them and, if appropriate, quote from them.
Include your own knowledge as much as possible.

2. Easy to remember! There are 3 time periods (eras) to remember.
Medieval : c. 500 to 1500
Early Modern : 1500 to 1750
Modern : 1750 to present
There are 3 key themes.
causes of crime
Combatting crime
punishing crime

3. Exam Technique
Q 1 (4) – You do not have to identify similarity/ difference across all 3 pictures. Focus on what changed and what stayed the same.
Q2 (6) – You must refer to both sources. Focus on what is being studied. No right/ wrong answer.
Q3 (5) – Give as much relevant detail as you can. Several short paragraphs.

4. Exam Technique
Q4 (9) – Explain in several paragraphs. Key word ‘because’.
Q5 (16+4) – Focus on change. Several paragraphs. Key phrases:
During the medieval/ early modern/ modern period
This changed in the…..because…..
Q6a (8) – Describe 2 main features only. Give as much relevant detail as you can. Two paragraphs.
Q6b (12) Explain the link. Focus on change.

6. Silent/separate system Bridewells Pick-pocketing burning at the stake
Treason
Heresy
Bow Street Runners
Death penalty
Great Famine
Metropolitan police
CID
Rapid industrialisation
Smuggling
Popular protest
JPs
Whipping
Terrorism
Vagrancy/vagabonds
Highway robbery
Confidence tricksters
Computer crime
DNA analysis
Police specialism
CCtv
Bloody Code
Prison reform
Warfare
Hue and cry
Tithing
Manor courts
Church courts
Royal courts
Night-watchmen
Hundredmen
Trial by ordeal
Corporal punishment
Silent/separate system
Bridewells
Pick-pocketing
burning at the stake
poverty
Private execution
Rising unemployment
Gang crime
Transport crime
sheriff
Prison
Alternatives to prison- tagging/community service
Drug crime
Parish constable
Theft
Pillory/stocks
Football hooliganism
High taxation
Public execution
Transportation- Australia
hate crime