Edexcel GCSE History 1HI0
Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88British depth
British America, 1713–83: Empire and RevolutionPeriod study
Conflict in the Middle East, 1945–95Period study
Crime and Punishment in Britain, c1000–presentPaper 1 option
Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88British depth
Henry VIII and His Ministers, 1509–40British depth
London and the Second World War, 1939–45Paper 1 option
Mao’s China, 1945–76Modern depth
Medicine in Britain, c1250–presentPaper 1 option
Migrants in Britain, c800–presentPaper 1 option
Notting Hill, c1948–c1970Paper 1 option
Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–41Modern depth
Spain and the ‘New World’, c1490–c1555Period study
Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941–91Period study
The American West, c1835–c1895Period study
The British Sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: Injuries, Treatment and the TrenchesPaper 1 option
The Reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189–1216British depth
The USA, 1954–75: Conflict at Home and AbroadModern depth
Warfare and British Society, c1250–presentPaper 1 option
Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39Modern depth
Whitechapel, c1870–c1900: Crime, Policing and the Inner CityPaper 1 option
Crime and Punishment in Britain, c1000–present
Factors driving change in crime and punishment, c1000–present
- 3 things to know
- Paper 1
Overview
The three factors behind change, the Church as a brake and government as a driver, technology and science in detection, turning points such as the Norman Conquest and the London police, continuity in theft, factors combining, witchcraft, printing and heresy, towns and trade, the four purposes of punishment, total war, capital offences, the role of ordinary people and new prisons.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
Give one example of government acting as the driving force behind a change in law enforcement.
How did new technology help catch criminals in the nineteenth century?
Questions from this subtopic
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Which three factors are used to explain change in crime and punishment across the whole period?
Model answer
Attitudes in society; individuals and institutions such as the Church and government; and science and technology.
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Give one example of the Church acting as a brake on change in the way criminals were dealt with.
Model answer
It kept sanctuary and Benefit of Clergy alive, which allowed many accused people to escape the king's courts and the death penalty.
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Give one example of government acting as the driving force behind a change in law enforcement.
Model answer
The Home Secretary's law of 1829 created a paid, uniformed police force for London in place of parish constables and watchmen.
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How did new technology help catch criminals in the nineteenth century?
Model answer
The electric telegraph and the railways allowed messages and officers to travel faster than a fleeing suspect, and printed descriptions of wanted people were circulated widely.
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How has science changed the identification of suspects since 1900?
Model answer
Fingerprint records, and later DNA profiling, allow traces left at a scene to be matched to a named individual.
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What is meant by a turning point in the history of crime and punishment?
Model answer
A development after which the direction of change is clearly different from what went before.
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