- Laws protecting the rights and property of the wealthy and most crimes committed by the poor were crimes against property.
- As population rose, more people lived in towns, rulers found it hard to control people and social crime (poaching) became a challenge to authority.
Growth of towns = Footpads in dark alleys
Enclosure of land, including common land once used by all = Hedge levelling to give access to common land again
Changes in religious belief = Refusal to follow official religious beliefs
Increased unemployment = Beggars wandering from town to town
Improved quality of roads = Highwaymen on open roads, robbing travelling
Divine Right People believe that G-d chose the King and Queen
Hierarchy Society Having a strict order with the Rich at the top and the poor at the bottom
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