Crime and Punshment Key Dates 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryCrime and punishment through time (OCR History A)GCSEEdexcel Created by: Kathryn04Created on: 24-02-19 14:18 1066 - Norman England William 1 Crowned King 1 of 44 1070 - Norman England Murdrum Fine Announced for Killing Normans 2 of 44 1072 - Norman England Forest Laws set aside for Royal Hunting 3 of 44 1194 - Norman England Richard 1 introduces Coroners to Investigate suspicious Deaths 4 of 44 1215 - Norman England Church forbids Trial By Ordeal 5 of 44 1327 - Late Middle Ages Justices of the Peace Appointed for all areas (JP's) 6 of 44 1476 - Late Middle Ages First Printing Press set up in England 7 of 44 1494 - Tudor England Vagabonds and Beggars Act 8 of 44 1534 - Tudor England Henry V111 Declares himself head of the Church of England 9 of 44 1542 - Tudor England Witchcraft Act makes witchcraft punishable by death 10 of 44 1559 - Tudor England Elizabeth 1's Act of Uniformity makes attending Church Compulsory 11 of 44 1601 - Tudor England Houses of Correction set up in each County 12 of 44 1601 - Tudor England Poor Law 13 of 44 1605 - Stuart England Gunpowder Plot 14 of 44 1615 - Stuart England Transportation to North America begins 15 of 44 1642-51 - Stuart England The Civil War 16 of 44 1645-47 - Stuart England Matthew Hopkins witch Hunts 17 of 44 1688 - Stuart England The Law lists 50 crimes now punishable by death 18 of 44 1723 - Georgian England Black Acts make Poaching punishable by death 19 of 44 1685-1815 - Georgian England Enlightenment - new emphasis on science and reason 20 of 44 1735 - Georgian England Witchcraft Act defines witches as confidence tricksters 21 of 44 1748 - Georgian England Fielding brothers set up the bow street runners 22 of 44 1777 - Georgian England John Howard's 'The State of Prisons' published 23 of 44 1778 - Georgian England Transportation to Australia begins 24 of 44 1810 - Georgian England law lists 222 crimes punishable by death 25 of 44 1813 - Georgian England Elizabeth Fry begins visiting prisons at Newgate 26 of 44 1829 - Georgian England Robert Peel sets up the Metropolitan Police 27 of 44 1831 - Georgian England Last reported case of Highway Robbery 28 of 44 1832 - Georgian England Punishment of Death Act reduces number of crimes punishable by death to 60 29 of 44 1833 - Georgian England Tolpuddle Martyrs 30 of 44 1842 - Georgian England Pentonville Opens 31 of 44 1857 - Georgian England Transportation abolished 32 of 44 1877 - Georgian England All prisons brought under Government Control 33 of 44 1888 - Victorian England Jack the Ripper Murders 34 of 44 1900 - Victorian England Borstals introduced for young offenders 35 of 44 1914-18 - Victorian England First World War 36 of 44 1916 - Victorian England Military Service Act introduces Conscription 37 of 44 1933 - Victorian England execution of under 18's abolished 38 of 44 1939-45 - Victorian England Second World War 39 of 44 1953 - Victorian England Execution of Derek Bentley 40 of 44 1965 - Victorian England Death penalty abolished for most crimes 41 of 44 1967 - World Wars Sexual offences Act decriminalises homosexuality 42 of 44 1976 - World Wars Domestic Violence Act makes Domestic violence a crime 43 of 44 2006 - Modern era Racial Religious Hatred Act makes racial abuse a crime 44 of 44
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