CRIME & PUNISHMENT

1. CRIME & PUNISHMENT

2. You need to cover: • The end of the Middle Ages. • Reasons for the Bloody Code. • The Bloody Code. • The end of the Bloody Code. • 19th Century changes. • 20th Century.

3. The end of the Middle Ages. • Humiliation. • Stocks. • Pillory. • Whipping. • Prisons. • Ducking Stools. • Hue & Cry. • Constables. • Watchmen.

4. Reasons for the Bloody Code. 17th century – 19th century. • Population growth. • Changing crimes. • Printing, Increased literacy and Broadsheets. • The Enclosures and Urbanisation. • Growth of commerce and social divide. • Landowners attitudes. • Religious ideas & Political change. • Taxation. • Increased travel. • Deterrent.

5. The Bloody Code. • Capital crimes increased. • New Crimes: • Vagrants and Vagabonds. • Highwaymen. • Smugglers. • Poachers.

6. The end of the Bloody Code. • Perceived crime & increased literacy. • Attitudes to executions. • Failure to secure conviction. • Transportation. • Prisons, Hard labour and Hulks. • Changing attitudes. • Increased Government. • The birth of the Police force.

7. 19th Century changes. • End of transportation. • Changing attitudes and the Reformers. • Fall in crime rate. • Prisons: Separate or Silent. Useful or Pointless work. • Policing.

8. 20th Century. • Recording crime and perceived crime. • Changing Police. • Changing Prisons. • Capital Punishment. • Vice and Drug Squads. • Juvenile crime.

9. Brainstorm • Explain why the Bloody Code was developed? • Explain why the Bloody Code was ended? • ‘There were no new crimes in the twentieth century, but there were many new versions of old crimes’ Do you agree? • Why was the work of John Howard important in improving prison conditions? Explain your answer. • Why did the government introduce Transportation to Australia in the 18th Century?