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| Pregunta | Respuesta |
| The 4 New crimes | 1.Vagrancy 2.Moral Crime 3.Witchcraft 4.Organised Crimes(Highway robbery, smuggling) |
| Describe Vagrancy ,give definitions and examples | People who would travel from town to town looking for jobs and stealing money. For example they would pretend to be ill (soap trick) and beg for money. |
| What did vagrancy cause? | 1.Increase in population, 2.4 million (1520)-4.1 million (1600) 2.Lack of work 3.People look for work and begin to steal |
| Describe Witchcraft, give definitions and examples | Women(mostly) were accused of being witches. Those accused often weak-easy targets. Used as scapegoats (harvest fail). |
| Describe Moral Crime, give definitions and examples | If puritans become more influential(extremely religious) moral crime rate increases. Examples include, swearing, having affairs, not going to church. |
| Describe Organised crime, give definitions and examples | smuggling was an easy way to make money(one weeks wage in a night),done by gangs-had locals support. Highway robbery ,often violent, would rob and rape women on the new unlit highways. Woman who said they knew who highway men were got tongue cut out. |
| What continuity occurred for crime and criminals | 1.Similar types of crime to medieval 2.Petty crime most common 3.Theft most common crime |
| Enforcement- what are the 5 courts | 1.The Assizes 2.Manor Courts 3.Petty sessions 4.Church courts 5.Quarter sessions |
| What did the assizes deal with? | Serious cases,e.g. murder,arson, rape-capital crimes. |
| What did the manor courts deal with? | Same as medieval,minor assaults .Became less important -petty sessions took over. |
| What did the petty sessions deal with? | Petty crimes, small groups of JP's met in local areas. |
| What did the church courts deal with? | Same as medieval, sins in the name of God, became particularly important during late 1500's- early 1600's as puritans influence. |
| What did the quarter sessions deal with? | Less serious cases,most petty crime. JP's given more powers- fix roads, fix wages, arrest vagrants. |
| Continuity of enforcement | Enforcers still unpaid, hue and cry still enforced, relied on the local people, repeat offenders a problem. |
| Changes of enforcement | Sheriffs far less important as JP's take over. As towns grow watchmen more important. |
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