Crime and Punishment: Increase in Crime (1750-1900)
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- Created on: 05-04-21 20:03
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- Crime (1750 - 1900)
- features of crime
- petty theft of low value items was most common
- 80% of all crimes
- violent crimes were the least common
- 10% of all crimes
- from 1750-1850 crime rates rose
- some professional / organised crime
- most common crime for women was prostitution
- most crimes were opportunistic
- 3/4 offenders were male in teens or early 20s
- causes of increase in crime
- increase of population meant increase in offenders and victims
- difficult to police due to large numbers of people
- city centres were crowded so opportunities rose for theft
- mass unemployment due to return of soldiers from war
- poverty - people stole to survive
- increase in industry, there were more goods to steal
- wartime agriculture production fell
- wages fell, prices rose
- it was easy to be anonymous in a big city
- 19th century views and attitudes
- 'radical thinkers' made the link between poverty and crime
- lack of education, religion and useful work
- thought they needed to educate children to stop them turning to crime
- harsh view of criminals
- criminal class - inherit traits
- appearance of criminals
- believed that people were criminals due to laziness
- blamed alcohol for the increase in crime - escapism
- media - interest in crimes, murder
- features of crime
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