1. Crime and Punishment Quiz
c1000 – c1500 Medieval England
c1500 – c1700 Early Modern England
c1700 – c1900 Industrial period
c1900 – present Modern Britain
c1870 – c1900 Whitechapel

2. C1000 – c1500 Medieval England

3. C1000 – c1500 Medieval England p1 List 3 crimes against the person
List 3 crimes against property
List 2 crimes against authority
Who made the laws in medieval times?
Define poaching
What was the most serious crime you could commit?

4. C1000 – c1500 Medieval England p2 When was the Norman Conquest?
Who was King of England after the Norman Conquest?
What were the Forest Laws and who introduced them?
How did ordinary people view the Forest Laws?
What is a hundred?
What is a Murdrum Fine?

5. C1000 – c1500 Medieval England p3
Did the Anglo-Saxons have a police force?
Give 3 examples of how Anglo-Saxons policed their village.
What was the Hue and Cry?
How many men were in a Tithing?
How old were you when you were considered a man and therefore old enough to be part of a Tithing?
Why did the Church play such a big role in Saxon law enforcement?

6. C1000 – c1500 Medieval England p4
What form of law enforcement did the Normans introduce?
What parts of Saxon law enforcement did the Normans keep the same?
What are foresters?
What was a Parish constable?
What was the role of the Justices of the Peace?
When was Trial by Ordeal abolished?
What were the group of men who helped the sheriff called?

7. C1000 – c1500 Medieval England p5
List 3 types of punishment used in medieval times
What did the church want the aim of punishments to be in medieval England?
Define capital punishment
Define corporal punishment
Define retribution
Define deterrence
What was a wergild?

8. C1000 – c1500 Medieval England p6 What was benefit of the clergy?
What was sanctuary used for?
How many days did the accused have to leave the country?
What would happen if they had not left the country in this many days?
Give 3 examples of trial by ordeal

9. C1500 – c1700 Early Modern England

10. C1500 – c1700 Early Modern England p7
Increase in population led to higher unemployment which led to what crimes increasing?
The end of feudalism and new farming led to enclosure of land. This led to the increase of crimes like what?
Changes in peoples religious beliefs and the religion of the monarch led to the increase of crimes such as what?
When did Heresy first become a crime?
Define high treason
Define heresy

11. C1500 – c1700 Early Modern England p8
List 3 crimes which were new in early modern England
Why did the number of vagabonds increase
What three monarchs changed the laws against witchcraft? List the year of each change and what changed for an extra point per monarch.
Why did people not view smuggling as a crime?
What is a social crime?

12. C1500 – c1700 Early Modern England p9
Can you list some continuities in catching criminals and preventing crime from medieval to early modern?
Which monarch stopped exile abroad as a result of sanctuary and what did they replace it with?
When was sanctuary abolished?
What changes did Henry VII make to the benefit of the clergy?
List 3 fact about watchmen
List 3 facts about town constables

13. C1500 – c1700 Early Modern England p10
List 3 continuities in punishments from medieval to early modern England
What was the Bloody Code and when was it introduced?
Why was the Bloody Code introduced?
Where were criminals first transported and why did this later change?
Why was transportation introduced- what was its aim?

14. C1500 – c1700 Early Modern England p11
What year was the Gunpowder Plot?
Who was monarch at this time?
What was the plan?
Why did they want to do this?
What was the crime these men committed?
What was their punishment?
What are the reasons for harsh and public punishment for treason?

15. C1500 – c1700 Early Modern England p12
Between what years were the Witch-hunts
Who led these witch-hunts?
What were the witch-hunts?
Why were the hunts so intense?
List 3 pieces of evidence that could be used to accuse someone of witch-craft

16. C1700 – c1900 – Industrial England

17. C1700 – c1900 – Industrial England p13
List 3 crimes that were common in Industrial England
Why was there an increase of crime during this period?
How did poaching change?
Why did people smuggle goods?
Why did highway robbery increase?

18. C1700 – c1900 – Industrial England p14
Why did witchcraft stop being a crime during this period?
Where were the Tolpuddle Martyrs from?
What did the Tolpuddle Martyrs do?
In what year did this happen?
What was their punishment?
How did the public react to this punishment?

19. C1700 – c1900 – Industrial England p15
What form of policing was used during this period?
Which new form of policing was introduced in London?
In what year were they introduced?
Who established the Bow St Runners?
What was their role?
In what year were the MET police introduced in London?
What was the 1856 Police Act?

20. C1700 – c1900 – Industrial England p16
What factors changed the views on the purpose of punishments?
Why did transportation to Australia end?
What year did transportation end?
List 2 prison reformers
Explain what these prison reformers did

21. C1700 – c1900 – Industrial England p17
What year was Pentonville Prison built?
What system did the prison follow?
What was new about this prison design
Why was this prison design used?
Why was the separate system used?
List 1 strength and 1 weakness of the separate system

22. C1700 – c1900 – Industrial England p18
Who was Robert Peel?
Why is he significant?
What year was the Metropolitan Police Act?
What role did Peel play in this act?
What was the role of the MET police?

23. C1900 – present – Modern England

24. C1900 – present – Modern England p19
List 3 changes to crimes
Why have crimes changed?
What happened on 7th July 2005?
How has smuggling changed?

25. C1900 – present – Modern England p19 and p20
List 3 changes to crimes
Why have crimes changed?
What happened on 7th July 2005?
How has smuggling changed?
List 3 driving offences
What year were the two different race laws introduced and what did each of them do?

26. C1900 – present – Modern England p21
List 2 changes to policing
Give 3 examples of special police units
What do these units do?
What is neighbourhood watch?
How has improved science and technology helped policing?

27. C1900 – present – Modern England p22
When was capital punishment last used in Britain?
When was the death penalty abolished?
What influenced the abolition of the death penalty?
What is a probation officer?
What is the difference between open prisons and high-security prisons?
What percentage of all prisoners are female?
List 3 new punishments
What is the purpose of rehabilitation?

28. C1900 – present – Modern England p23
What is a conscientious objector (COs)?
Define conscription
What were the attitudes like towards COs?
How did treatment of COs differ from WW1 to WW2?
How did the general public react to COs?

29. C1900 – present – Modern England p24
Who was Derek Bentley and what happened to him?
What was he accused of?
How did the public react to this case?
How did parliament react to this case?
List 2 reasons why the Bentley case is significant

30. The historic environment
Whitechapel c

31. Whitechapel c1870 – 1900 p25
What kind of men did the MET police recruit?
What was the job of a ‘beat’ constable?
What year was the CID set up?
What was the role of the CID?
Who was MET commissioner and what year was he given this job?
What was his role?
What were attitudes like towards the police?

32. Whitechapel c1870 – 1900 p26 What was a rookery?
What is a lodging house?
How much of Whitechapel’s population lived in lodging houses?
What is a workhouse and what could someone who went there expect?
Why was there high unemployment?
How did the conditions of Whitechapel lead to an increase in crime?

33. Whitechapel c1870 – 1900 p27
Where did a lot of immigrants in Whitechapel come from?
How did people view Irish immigrants?
Why did the population of Whitechapel fluctuate?
Define anarchism
Why was anarchism and socialism feared by authorities and the upper-classes?
Why did Jews from Russia immigrate to England?
List 3 tensions in Whitechapel as a result of the above

34. Whitechapel c1870 – 1900 p28
What division of the police policed Whitechapel?
Why were the police mistrusted by the public?
Why was alcohol a problem for the police?
Why were gangs a problem for police?
Why was the environment of Whitechapel a problem for the police?
Why was prostitution a problem for the police?
When was the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee formed?
What was the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee?

35. Whitechapel c1870 – 1900 p29
Which serial killer proved to be a major problem for the H Division?
List 3 investigative techniques the H Division used to try and catch the killer
How did the MET Police improve after 1888?
What problems did the MET police face when trying to investigate murders?
Why were the media such a big problem in the killer’s case?