Crime and punishment

• Deterrence 


  put people off committing crime (stocks and Pillary)
• Retribution


  Blood feud,mutilation,death penalty (revenge)
• Rehabilitation

  Prison or community service
• Hue and cry


  A method of alerting people of a crime being committed
• Tithings


  Group of 10 men aged 12+ who were responsible for each other.
• Crime against person


  physical harm to the victim (murder, rape, robbery)
• Crime against property


  This involved theft or damage to someone else’s possessions such as arson and theft
• Crimes against authority


  A crime that challenges people in power such as the king and the government this includes breaking the king, peace harbouring, criminals, and treason
• Crimes stay pretty much the same throughout the time period. But

  Technology advances and attitudes in society change
• Medival

  1000-1500
• Early modern

  1500-1700
• Industrial revolution

  1700-1900
• Modern Britain

  1900-present
• Whitechapel

  1870-1900