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Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment. The development of the Police. Medieval Times. A man would serve as a Constable for a year He was not paid Tasks included keeping the King’s Peace, reporting bad behaviour to the manor courts, & calling out the hue & cry. Tudors & Stuarts. Again an ordinary citizen

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Crime and Punishment

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  1. Crime and Punishment The development of the Police

  2. Medieval Times • A man would serve as a Constable for a year • He was not paid • Tasks included keeping the King’s Peace, reporting bad behaviour to the manor courts, & calling out the hue & cry

  3. Tudors & Stuarts • Again an ordinary citizen • Had to both catch & punish wrongdoers • Job becoming more difficult –some paid deputies to do job

  4. Watchmen or “Charlies” • First set up in reign of Charles II • Task was to patrol streets of London at night • Many were old and/or poorly paid • Not very effective!

  5. The ‘Mohocks’ roamed London, terrorising the citizens

  6. Thief Takers • Government started to offer rewards to catch criminals • This led to thief takers like Jonathan Wild • He set criminals up to convict them!

  7. Bow Street Runners • Henry Fielding and his brother John (the Blind Beak) were London magistrates • Created the Bow Street Runners - had powers of arrest • Could travel all over England

  8. A Bow Street Runner • Early Bow Street Runners were armed with pistols and swords • Many became quite well known

  9. Bow Street Runners (1)

  10. Bow Street Runners (2) • The Bow Street Runners were often ex-soldiers • They were very successful & were extended as a mounted patrol

  11. Sir Robert Peel • Home Secretary in 1820s • Reformed prisons & cut capital crimes • Introduced Metropolitan Police Act (1829)

  12. “Peelers” or “Bobbies” • Ex-soldiers • Armed with wooden truncheons • Not popular at first

  13. Attitudes towards the police • “Blind Man’s Buff” • What is this 19th century cartoon saying about the effectiveness of the police?

  14. How effective were the new police? • This cartoon was printed in 1862 • What does it tell us about attitudes towards crime? • What does it tell us about the effectiveness of the police?

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