History Crime and Punishment Flashcards

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What are divine rights?
People believed that God gave power to Kings and Queens
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What were three types of social crime?
Poaching, Smuggling, being a Highwaymen
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Who taught about prison reforms?
Elizabeth Fry
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Describe trial by ordeal, jury and combat
Ordeal- carried out by the church (hot water, consecrated bread ect.) Jury- locals judging by character. Combat- by the church, God would decide who was innocent between the accuser and person being accused
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When did the first police force come into existence?
1829
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Changes to law and order in the Middle Ages (6)
Fines paid to the king, Trial by Ordeal abolished, Forest laws, Royal courts, Benefit of Clergy introduced
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Why did people commit crimes in the Industrial era? (4)
Poverty, No effective police force, large towns meant that people thought they wouldn't get caught, Prison inmates educated crime
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Forms of policing in Industrial Britain (5)
Army, Constables, Police, Thief-takers, Bow Street Runners
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Types of punishment in Industrial Britain (5)
Transportation, Labour in prison, Fines, Whipping, Execution in prison
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What was the purpose of punishment in Industrial Britain (3)
Reform, Revenge, Deterrence
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What was the Bloody Code?
More crimes punishable by death
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Why was the Bloody Code introduced?
To deter people from committing crimes
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Why didn't the Bloody Code work?
Juries were finding people innocent because they thought it was unfair
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What stayed the same in the Middle Ages? (4)
No police force, Hue and cry, Tithings, Juries
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Who was Matthew Hopkins?
A witch-finder general
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How could you spot a witch? (3)
Large warts, Elderly women, A pet (familiar)
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How were punishments harsher at the end of the Middle Ages? (2)
Wergild was replaced with death and mutilation, Increase in public executions
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Main features of Anglo-Saxon law and order (7)
Trial by jury, Hue and cry, Tithings, Blood feud, Wergild, Execution, Trial by ordeal
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Main causes for crime in Early Modern Britain (4)
Poverty, Religious change, Political change, Increased population
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How did religious change cause crime in EMB? (2)
Henry the 8th broke away from the church, Practising another religion was a crime
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How did medieval authorities prevent crime? (3)
Tithings, Hue and cry, Church teachings of morals
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How was law and order less harsh at the end of the Middle Ages? (4)
Benefit of the Clergy, Stocks and fines used more, No more trial by ordeal, Rich could buy pardons
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How did political change cause crime in EMB?
English Civil War caused treason, rebellions, fights etc.
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What is treason?
Crimes against the monarch or person of high importance
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What was treason punishable by?
Death, Execution, Hung-drawn-1/4d
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What is heresy?
Crimes against the church and God
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What was heresy punishable by?
Death, burning at the stake
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Why were the Gunpowder Plotters punished so harshly?
A statement that no monarch should be challenged in any way
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What tests were put in place to prove if you were a witch or not? (3)
Dunking, Witch mark piercing, Kept awake until they confessed
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