Crime, Punishment and Protest Through Time, c.1450-2004
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Crime, punishment and protest is one of the fastest-growing GCSE history courses in England and Wales. It is a study in development over a period of over 500 years, and part of the Schools History Project (SHP) GCSE syllabus.

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Early Modern Britain

1500-1750

 

Industrial Britain

1750-1900

 

Twentieth Century

1900-1999

 

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Why Study CPP?

You learn what crimes have made the news through time - and what the authorities have tried to do about them!

What has made the people of this island rise up and demand change? You'll study the protest movements from Kett through to the Poll Tax Protests.

Have we gone 'soft' on crime? You will also explore how our attitudes to punishment have changed over the centuries.

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What is? Crime, Punishment, Protest

How have these changed? Crime, Protest, Punishment and Policing.

What happened in?

Early-Modern

c.1500-1750

Kett's Rebellion, Pilgrimage of Grace, Gunpowder Plot, Vagabonds, Poaching, Smuggling, Highwaymen, Witchcraft, Corporal Punishment, Bloody Code........more

 

Industrial Britain

c.1750-1900

Theft and robbery, Poverty, Police, Transportation, Prisons, Luddites, Peterloo, Swing Riots, Chartism, Prison Reformers, Dock Strike........more

 

Twentieth Century

1900-2000

Suffrage Movement, Conscientious Objectors, General Strike, Hanging, Youth Detention, Fingerprinting, DNA, Surveillance, Drug Crime, Hooliganism, Community Service, Race Crime.........more

 

Who were?

Robert Aske, Matthew Hopkins, Jonathan Wild, Dick Turpin, John Howard, Elizabeth Fry, Derek Bentley........more

 

                                                  
                                                

Paper One 2001

Questions

 

1. Study Sources A, B and C and then answer questions (a) to (c) below.

 

(a) Study Sources A and B.

 

In what ways are the approaches to vagrancy shown in these two sources different? (4)

 

(b) What contribution did EITHER John Howard OR Elizabeth Fry make to the reform of prisons? (6)

 

(c) Study Source C.

 

Choose ONE of the boxes below. Explain its impact on crime and law enforcement. Use Source C and your own knowledge in your answer. (10)

THE MOTOR CAR COMPUTERS AND TELECOMMUNICATION

 

Answer ONE of the following questions.

 

EITHER

 

Extension Unit 1: Crime and Punishment from the Ancient World and the Middle Ages.

 

2. (a) Describe THREE key features of the Roman system of law and order.  (7)

 

    (b) Do you think that much of the Roman system of law and order has survived into the twenty-first century? Use examples of approaches to punishment and to law enforcement to show similarities or differences.

 (8)

 

OR

 

Extension Unit 2: Religious and Political Protest

 

3. (a) Describe the ways in which the Pilgrimage of Grace was dealt with by Henry VIII. (6)

 

    (b) 'Governments became more tolerant of political protest during the period 1800-2000.'

Do you agree? Refer to at least TWO of the following examples in explaining your answer.

 (9)

PETERLOO SUFFRAGETTES
POLL TAX PROTESTS ANY OTHER POLITICAL PROTEST YOU HAVE STUDIED

 

OR

 

Extension Unit 3: Social and Economic Protest and Pressure

 

4. (a) Choose TWO protests you have studied from the period 1750-2000 and describe the methods used by the protestors. (7)

 

    (b) Why was Kett's rebellion unsuccessful? (8)

 

OR

 

Extension Unit 4: Changing Views of Crime

 

5. (a) Why were conscientious objectors treated more harshly during the First World War than during the Second World War? (7)

 

   (b) 'Attitudes to some crimes and ideas about what crime is have have changed over time.' Explain these changes using your knowledge of ONE of the following:

 

Witchcraft

Domestic Violence

Tolpuddle Martyrs

Race Relations

 (8)

 

 

 


Sources

 

Source A

A scene showing how vagabonds were treated in the sixteenth century.

 

Source B

Tonight and every night hundreds of people are sleeping rough on the streets of our towns and cities. These people need to know that there are places that they can go and sleep; they need someone to help them find a job. Some of them need skills and training. We can provide that help

From a statement by the British Prime Minister Tony Blair on 16 December 1999. He was announcing a new government programme to provide for homeless people.

 

Source C

The modern police force is an example of rapid change. In the 1870s, the constable patrolled his beat on foot. Police records were made and kept locally. The constable's means of communication was a whistle to call for help. At the end of the twentieth century, police records are kept on a computer. The police national computer system holds records of fingerprints, vehicles, etc. Most police constables now do their jobs from patrol cars. As crime has become more complicated, so has crime prevention and detection.

From a history textbook published in 1997.

 


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