Introduction for Memrise course at http://www.memrise.com/course/273687/gcse-history-crime-and-punishment-2/

1. Crime and Punishment
Throughout Time
Edexcel GCSE History B

2. What you are going to Learn:
• Crime in 1450-1750
• Treason
• Punishment in 1450-1750
• Crime in 1750-1900
• Policing in 1750-1900
• Punishment in 1750-1900
• Crime in the 1900s
• Policing in the 1900s
• Punishment in the 1900s

3. Crime in 1450
During the 1400s, laws were made by people with power
and wealth. This meant that the crimes that affected
the powerful (e.g. the Church )were the ones that were
treated most seriously including the use of the death
penalty. The more serious a crime, the more gruesome
the punishment:
Crimes like theft and assault were usually punished
using the stocks, whereas crimes such as blasphemy
(taking God’s name in vain) where punished using
branding.