BOOK
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Crime and punishment through time, c1000Ðpresent Student Book
Trevor Sharkey | Victoria Payne
(2017)
Additional Information
Book Details
Abstract
Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: GCSE
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2016
First exams: Summer 2018
Series Editor: Angela Leonard
This Student Book:
- covers the essential content in the new specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material
- uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities
- has 'Writing Historically' features that focus on the writing skills most important to historical success. This literacy support uses the proven Grammar for Writing approach used in many English departments
- includes lots of exam guidance, with practice questions, sources, sample answers and tips to support preparation for GCSE assessments.
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Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | 3 | ||
| How to use this book | 4 | ||
| What’s covered? | 4 | ||
| Features | 4 | ||
| Recap pages | 5 | ||
| Preparing for your exams | 5 | ||
| About change | 6 | ||
| Timeline | 8 | ||
| Chapter 1: c1000-c1500: Crime, punishment and law enforcement in medieval England | 10 | ||
| 1.1: Crime, punishment and law enforcement in Anglo-Saxon England | 11 | ||
| The role of Anglo-Saxon kings | 12 | ||
| Crime in Anglo-Saxon communities: towns, villages, abbeys | 13 | ||
| Anglo-Saxon laws | 14 | ||
| Anglo-Saxon law enforcement | 14 | ||
| Anglo-Saxon punishments | 17 | ||
| 1.2: Crime, punishment and law enforcement in Norman England | 20 | ||
| Norman rule in England | 20 | ||
| Punishments and law enforcement in Norman England | 25 | ||
| 1.3: Crime, punishment and law enforcement in the later Middle Ages | 29 | ||
| The impact of Henry II | 29 | ||
| Change and continuity in crime and law enforcement | 29 | ||
| 1.4: Case study: the influence of the Church on crime and punishment | 33 | ||
| The power of the Church in the Middle Ages | 33 | ||
| Recap page c1000-c1500 | 37 | ||
| Writing Historically | 38 | ||
| Chapter 2: c1500-c1700: Crime, punishment and law enforcement in early modern England | 40 | ||
| 2.1: Changing definitions of crime, c1500-c1700 | 41 | ||
| Religious change and changing definitions of crime | 41 | ||
| Changes in society and changing definitions of crime | 45 | ||
| Puritan rule - new ‘moral’ laws in the 1650s | 48 | ||
| 2.2: Law enforcement and punishment, c1500-c1700 | 50 | ||
| Continuity and change in law enforcement, 1000-1700 | 50 | ||
| Law enforcement in the towns | 50 | ||
| Punishment in early modern England | 53 | ||
| 2.3: Case study: The crimes and punishment of the Gunpowder plotters, 1605 | 57 | ||
| The goals of the Gunpowder plotters | 58 | ||
| The plan | 58 | ||
| The plot fails | 59 | ||
| Questioning, trial and punishment | 59 | ||
| Longer-term consequences of the plot | 60 | ||
| 2.4: Witchcraft and the law, c1500-c1700 | 62 | ||
| Attitudes to witches, c1500-c1700 | 62 | ||
| Case study: Matthew Hopkins-Witchfinder General | 64 | ||
| Punishments for witchcraft | 65 | ||
| Attitudes to women | 65 | ||
| A decline in accusations of witchcraft | 65 | ||
| Recap page c1500-c1700 | 69 | ||
| Writing Historically | 70 | ||
| Chapter 3: c1700-c1900: Crime, punishment and law enforcement in the 18th and 19th centuries | 72 | ||
| 3.1: Changing definitions of crime, c1700-c1900 | 73 | ||
| Smuggling: continuity and change | 73 | ||
| Highway robbery: continuity and change | 74 | ||
| Poaching: continuity and change | 75 | ||
| The decriminalisation of witchcraft | 75 | ||
| The Tolpuddle martyrs | 76 | ||
| 3.2: Changing attitudes to punishment, c1700-c1900 | 80 | ||
| Decline of the death penalty | 80 | ||
| Transportation to Australia | 81 | ||
| The end of public executions | 83 | ||
| Prison reform | 84 | ||
| 3.3: Law enforcement, c1700-c1900 | 88 | ||
| Crime prevention and catching criminals in the early 18th century | 88 | ||
| Developments in police forces in the 19th century | 89 | ||
| 3.4: Case study: The separate system at Pentonville Prison | 92 | ||
| The growth of the prison system in the mid 19th century | 92 | ||
| The separate system at Pentonville Prison | 92 | ||
| Views of the separate system | 95 | ||
| The late 19th century: increasingly harsh treatment of prisoners | 95 | ||
| 3.5: Case study: The reforms of Robert Peel | 97 | ||
| Peel’s penal* reforms in the 1820s | 97 | ||
| Metropolitan Police Force formed, 1829 | 98 | ||
| Interpretations – was Peel a ‘great humanitarian’? | 101 | ||
| Recap page c1700-c1900 | 103 | ||
| Writing Historically | 104 | ||
| Chapter 4: c1900-present: Crime, punishment and law enforcement in recent times | 106 | ||
| 4.1: Crime and definitions of crime, c1900-present | 107 | ||
| Changing definitions of crime | 107 | ||
| Attitudes towards social crimes | 109 | ||
| New opportunities for old crimes | 110 | ||
| 4.2: Law enforcement, c1900-present | 113 | ||
| Developments in policing since 1900 | 113 | ||
| Increasing specialisation of police roles since 1900 | 115 | ||
| Crime prevention | 116 | ||
| 4.3: Changes in punishment, c1900-present | 120 | ||
| Abolition of the death penalty | 120 | ||
| Changes in the prison system | 123 | ||
| 4.4: Case study: Conscientious objectors in the First and Second World Wars | 127 | ||
| Conscription in the First World War | 127 | ||
| Conscientious objectors in the First World War | 127 | ||
| 4.5: Case study: The Derek Bentley case and the abolition of capital punishment | 131 | ||
| The Bentley case and public opinion | 131 | ||
| Impact in parliament | 133 | ||
| Recap page, c1900-present | 135 | ||
| Writing Historically | 136 | ||
| Preparing for your exams: Thematic | 138 | ||
| Chapter 5: Whitechapel, c1870-c1900: Crime, policing and the inner city | 143 | ||
| 5.1: Context: Policing the nation | 150 | ||
| How police forces were organised | 150 | ||
| Using sources for an enquiry into policing | 150 | ||
| The Criminal Investigation Department | 153 | ||
| Commissioner Charles Warren | 153 | ||
| 5.2: The local context of Whitechapel | 155 | ||
| Pollution and poor sanitation | 156 | ||
| Overcrowded housing | 156 | ||
| Work in Whitechapel | 158 | ||
| Workhouses and orphanages | 158 | ||
| 5.3: Tensions in Whitechapel | 161 | ||
| Immigration | 161 | ||
| The growth of socialism and anarchism | 163 | ||
| Rising tensions | 164 | ||
| 5.4: Police organisation in Whitechapel | 168 | ||
| H Division | 168 | ||
| On patrol - a beat constable’s shift | 168 | ||
| Attitudes to H Division | 168 | ||
| Policing Whitechapel | 169 | ||
| 5.5: Investigative policing in Whitechapel | 173 | ||
| The Jack the Ripper murders | 173 | ||
| The police investigation - developing techniques | 176 | ||
| Obstacles to police success | 179 | ||
| The police investigation-lessons learnt and improvements to 1900 | 180 | ||
| Improvements in the environment | 182 | ||
| Recap page | 188 | ||
| Preparing for your exams: Historic Environment | 190 | ||
| Answers to recap questions | 197 | ||
| Index | 198 |