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Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment. REVISION. Saxon Period AD 400-1100. Main crime was of theft – examples? Violent crime quite rare Victims had to catch criminals – how? Adults formed ‘tithings’. Saxon Period AD 400-1100. ‘Wergild’ paid to victims – how did this work?

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Crime and Punishment

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  1. Crime and Punishment REVISION

  2. Saxon Period AD 400-1100 • Main crime was of theft – examples? • Violent crime quite rare • Victims had to catch criminals – how? • Adults formed ‘tithings’

  3. Saxon Period AD 400-1100 • ‘Wergild’ paid to victims – how did this work? • By 1100 more physical punishments • Guilt decided by juries or • ‘Trial by Ordeal’

  4. The Later Middle Ages 1100-1500 • Most crime still petty theft • New crime of heresy • Rebels accused of treason • Traitors & heretics publicly executed

  5. The Later Middle Ages 1100-1500 • Policing also done by the Coroner & Sheriff • Constables appointed • More physical punishments • Courts developing – work by royal judges & JPs • Manor courts

  6. Was Saxon justice harsh & superstitious? • From early times the Blood Feud was allowed • Wergild later introduced • Hanging & mutilations as punishments • Tithings used to stop crimes • Juries decided guilt – ‘compurgation’ • Accused could be tried by ordeal or combat

  7. What changes did the Normans make? • Kept trial by ordeal & added trial by combat • Still used tithings • Wergild ended • Punishments designed to emphasise the power of the king

  8. Petty thefts People responsible for catching criminals Beginning of jury system Wergild & physical punishments No prisons Huge variety of crime National police force Complex court system Fines & imprisonment Rehabilitation rather than punishment Neighbourhood Watch Medieval & Modern Times

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