Tuesday 31st January 2006

Unit 5: Crime and Punishment 1750-1900

Why was there a revolution in punishment and policing 1750-1900?

Objective:WALT:

1. Gain an overview of Crime and Punishment in Late Modern Britain

2. Identify how the Industrial Revolution affected crime and punishment in this period

Starter:Look at the picture.Complete the starter activity

Britain changed from being a mainly agricultural economy to a mainly

industrial one.•Factory production and new

technology led to an enormous increase in the production of coal, iron steel, cotton and other manufactured goods, sold across the world.

•There were spectacular improvements in transport, with 23,000 miles of railway built by 1900

People’s lives changed dramatically

•Millions moved from rural areas to work in the new industries in towns and cities.

•New huge cities grew up.

•Population increased from 11 million in 1750 to 42 million by 1900

Life in these new cities was tough especially in the 19th

century.Working conditions were hard,

housing unhealthy and overcrowded.

Employment was uncertain and workers could be laid off with

little notice and nothing to live on.

Prediction

• Now that you have a general idea of what Industrial Britain was like, predict what kind of problems the industrial revolution will create and how this affected crime and punishment.

Think about:• Political• Economic• Social • Cultural problems

Prison revolution

• Prison sentences became the most common form of punishment for serious

crime • Prison were totally reformed from

chaotic squalid death traps to efficient and tightly controlled institutions

Police revolution – the Peelers worlds first police force.

•Metropolitan Police Act 1829

•Lots of objections at first

•Lots of criticism by press – Jack the Ripper

Protest!!!

How did life change during the Industrial Revolution? pp108-109

Which of the changes led to :

a) Changes in the amount of crime or the types of crime?

b) The development of the professional police?

c) More lenient punishment?

d) Different kinds of punishment?

Homework

• Research on the French Revolution

• Main facts of what happened in France

• Focus on what effect this event had on the rest of Europe and Britain

• Try to predict what kind of effect this might have had on Britain

• Then see if you can find any evidence.

• DO NOT PRINT OFF THE INTERNET!!!