History Crime and Punishment

Sick or injured beggars who were thought to deserve help were known as the deserving poorn and they recieved a licence and badge. Those who were considered lazy were known as the 'sturdy beggars'.

1547 Vagrancy act forced beggars to work. It also ordered that they were whipped and branded.

Describes the number of crimes carrying the death penalty from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries (includes: stealing sheep, damaging tree's and stealing rabbits)

Jonathan Wild (1683-1725) was the most famous criminal in 18th century Britain. He ran successful gangs of theives. What Jonathan did was he kept goods his gang stole and returned them to get a reward. He was hanged at Tyburn, London in 1725.

Worked in London for three months every year for fives years producing drawings. Not everyone thought Dor'e presented a balanced view of life in industrial London. Some critics complained that he only focused on poverty.

In 1833, a peaceful group of Dorset farm workers from the village of Tolpuddle formed a trade union to try to stop their wages going down; they did not use violence, however rich farmers feared that they may lose control of their workers. The farm workers were arrested as they has sworn a secret oath not to tell anyone about their meetings and they were transported to Australia for seven years.

Smuggling in the 18th and early 19th centuries is often seen as a problem made by government. The decision to raise large amounts of money by taxing goods had meant more money can be made by bringing goods in the country illegally. Smuggling met the demand for these goods. Smuggling today is very simular such as bringing in dangerous weapons, drugs, explosives, alcohol and cigarettes to the country.

When the Bow street runners were established in 1749 it had improved crime detection a little, however they did not patrol sk did not contribute to crime prevention.

In 1829, the home secretary, Sir Robert Peel persuaded government to pass the metropolitan Police Act. This established the first permanent uniformed police force in London. Soon the police became more deterrent to crime and become skilled catchers of criminals.