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Victorian Crime and punishment

Victorian Crime and punishment . By: Zane Cooper Jeff Shagena Andrew Olinger. What were criminals typically arrested for?. Minor crimes included drunkenness, vagrancy, and wandering around without employment Major crimes included murder, any rape that resulted in death, and major burglary .

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Victorian Crime and punishment

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  1. Victorian Crime and punishment By: Zane Cooper Jeff Shagena Andrew Olinger

  2. What were criminals typically arrested for? • Minor crimes included drunkenness, vagrancy, and wandering around without employment • Major crimes included murder, any rape that resulted in death, and major burglary

  3. How were they treated in court and jail systems? • In the court systems, judges and prosecutors had much more power • Criminals were treated very poorly in prison, as they were considered the lowest social class • The “silent system” was later induced in the prisons, along with hard labor

  4. What form of capital punishment was used? • Hanging was the main form of capital punishment, but people were being hanged for stupid crimes like stealing onions • Transportation was also a main form of capital punishment

  5. What crimes were considered capital offenses? • Crimes such as homicide, rape, violent robberies, etc. • However, due to the judicial corruption, anybody could be sentenced to capital punishment

  6. “Bobbies” and “Peelers” • Policemen • Sir Robert Peel • Father of modern policing • Metropolitan Police Force • Peelian Principles

  7. Victorian Criminal Classes • Early 1800s - Criminals were considered to be only lower, working class members who wanted to live an “easy life” • Mid-1800s - only the poor were considered criminals • Could be discerned just by appearance • Late 1800s – criminals had behavior problems or were not raised well • Social Darwinism became popular

  8. Scotland Yard • Headquarters of Metropolitan Police • Colonel Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne

  9. Old Bailey • Central Criminal Court of England and Wales • Next to Newgate Prison

  10. Newgate Prison • Infamous prison used for centuries • Demolished in 1904 • Became the site of London’s gallows in 1783 • London’s main prison • Terrible conditions for especially women and children

  11. Crime and Punishment in Victorian Literature • Pre-1800s • Often viewed as a sympathetic hero • Post-1800s • No more sympathy • Shifted towards detectives

  12. Garroting • The half strangling of unwary pedestrians from behind. • Very common crime • Commonly practiced by two people. One attacker and one robber. • Attacker would strangle a person from behind while the robber stripped the person of valuables and money. • Caused wide spread panic in London

  13. Introduction to Jack the Ripper • Late 1880’s • London – East Quarter – Whitechapel • 77,000 People • Large Jewish immigrant population • Resentment • Unsanitary • Poverty • Crime • Highest death rate • Prostitution

  14. Murder Strikes Whitechapel! • Mary Ann Nicholls – 3:40 AM – August 31st Charles Cross – Bucks Row – PC (Police Constable) John Neil • Annie Chapman – 6:00 AM – September 8th- John Davis – Hanbury Street – The Leather Apron • Elizabeth Stride – 1:00 AM – September 30th - Louis Deimshutz – Berners Street

  15. The Beast of Whitechapel Continued • Catharine Eddowes – Three Jewish Men 1:35 AM – September 30th – PC Watkins 1:45 AM – Mitre Square • The Mysterious Message • PC Alfred Long – Eddowes Apron – “The Juwes are the men That Will be blamed for nothing” • Mary Kelly – November 9th - George Hitchinson 2:00 AM – Dorset Street –Cries of Murder! 4:00 AM - 10:45 Thomas Bowyer

  16. Affects of Jack the Ripper • Hatred of Jews – Leather Apron incidents • Xenophobia and Anti-Semitism • Fear and suspicion strikes the people of London. • Sensationalist coverage • Letters • Failure of the police • Social Reforms

  17. Works Sited • http://www.jack-the-ripper.org • http://www.historytoday.com/emelyne-godfrey/stranglehold-victorian-society • http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crime/banerjee1.html • http://www.jack-the-ripper-walk.co.uk/jack_the_ripper_history.htm • http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/jack-rippers-murders-affect-london

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