Introduction 

Have you ever wondered why crime has been committed? Well that’s because cruelty has always been playing with rich peoples minds! No matter what century you’re in there’s always crime. In opposition, there were always punishments to face after the crimes committed. Poor people never had another chance but to commit crime and suffer the punishment for it for the lives of their families. In this writing you will read about the most famous crimes and punishments in the British history. From the Roman era all the way to this very day. You will have fun finding out how Anglo-Saxons punished theft!

 

Crime and Punishment in Roman era

The Roman Empire had been roughly twirling around the 500 BC and the 400 AD. It is famous for how enormous it was in it’s time. It’s understandable power was known to every head in the whole world! However, because of its great population, Rome, the city itself had started to have darkly, dangerous areas where crime showed its true power. The most common crime to be committed was theft. Even though theft was done in the same way, your punishment depended on your status in the Roman Empire. If you were a citizen who paid their taxes you were most likely to get a fine 4 times the goods you stole. Yet if you were a common, helpless slave you could be put to death! The worst execution you could get was the famous crucifixion. Normally you could get it for betraying the Romans or murdering/threatening someone important.

Crime and punishments in Anglo-Saxons times

The Anglo-Saxons period started in Britain around 410CE to 1066 CE . Most people lived in little villages by the country side and grew their food. In each village there was someone in charge of others. They were also in charge of the church. Because most of the British population was poor, there were a lot of thieves as they needed the money to survive. If someone witnessed someone committing a crime they were expected to let out “ a hue cry “ This means to shout for help, those hearings the shout were expected to run and help catch the suspect as there weren’t any police. If you stole once you would get a fine for that, if you decided to repeat you luck and get caught you’d have you hand chopped off!

Tudors crime and punishments

The harsh Tudors invaded Britain in 1485 CE and ended in 1693 CE : The Tudor times were the times of massive changes, new lands were explored and maps were written. However, they were very harsh when it came to crime. As a result of that. Most people died before even turning 35 years old! The most common crimes were beginning and theft as people were poor and needed to survive. Petty theft was punished by whipping. The same punishment was use for those who refused to attend to church. Some criminals were also put in stocks which held your head and hands. People even threw rotten food at you as humiliation was the point of all punishments.

Victorian crimes and punishments 

The Victorian period began in Britain in the 1837 to 1901.The population increased a lot back then, people moved from the countryside to towns and cities to work at factories. It was very hard to get a job back then! And not only adults worked, but also kids who were counted as adults after turning 10! In Victorian time, kids were counted as just little adults who had to work just as hard every day. Same for the crimes, if a child committed a crime they’d have to take the punishment an adult would! Back then, theft was also the most common crime. The punishments for it were all about putting you in a loop you could never get out of. The punishments  you could get was a workhouse or being sent to Australia. The workhouse was a terrible place, they gave you a room you could sleep in and food. However, that wasn’t for free! You’d have to pay for it, however you didn’t get payed enough in one day to pay the bill. That’s why you had work and work but never actually get out of there. If you got in there before turning 18 , when you turned 18 you’d get shucked out of there. Yet because you still owned them some money you’d get sent back there soon enough. Being sent to Australia was also nearly as horrible because no one really knew about it as it was a new island climbed by Britain. It took 6 months to get there, most people died on their way there. At one point tho they realised children were children and made special schools for them if they committed crimes.

World War 2 crimes and punishments 

World war 2 war fought between the 1939 and 1945. It was a hard time for everyone. The children were sent away from their families to a countryside, to an unknown place. To an unknown family. Yet no matter how terrible how terrible the times were there was still crime committed making the situation even worse and worse. At the time, the most common crimes were: theft, murder and bombing. Theft was one of the common ones because people didn’t get paid enough and they needed food. They needed to feed their families, they needed to feed their selfs. Murder was committed a lot as people disagreed with the new rules, some people lost their life’s while being bombed. Bombing was also a common crime, shops were bombed as people needed more money and food to survive. Some people bombed more important people as they disagreed with the rules and sometimes because they didn’t get enough, enough food, enough money. It was hard to survive. Most of these crimes were punished by prison and being sent there for a short period. If you betrayed Britain you’d be put to death. The police was expected to catch the criminals and bring them to court .

Good researched paragraphs, Inna but edit your work for commas in clauses.