Our topic for this paper is Crime and Punishment.
several different issues on this subject.
to talk about: The Crimes, the People who solved them, and the .
different types of punishments. These are the topics we chose for our .
report.
Crime in the nineteeth century was rapid though out London. .
But because of all of the poverty and sickness in the streets, crime .
was the only way to survive. Most of the crimes that took place in .
London were crimes that involved stealing. Pickpocket gangs and .
street gamblers were a regular sight when walking down a major London .
street. Prostitution was also a big money maker on the streets, done .
by both girls and boys. But crimes though out the middle class and .
rich were mostly property crimes and disputes which made up 90% of all .
crimes committed by the upper-class. In Victorian England and like .
today there a two categories which crimes fall under. "Indictable" .
which is the same as our felony crimes that make up all of the major .
crimes. These crimes consist of: Murder, armed robbery, burglary, .
larceny, rape, and assaults on the police. The next called category .
is called " Summery " crimes which is equal to our misdemeanor crimes. .
Summery crimes were all minor crimes such as: Property crimes, .
Vagrancy, Drunkenness, Prostitution, Minor Larceny , and all other .
minor offenses. .
Probably the most famous criminal in the Victorian period .
was " Jack the Ripper ". Jack the Ripper was " the first modern sexual .
serial killer" ( Sugden, pg.2) Jack's trademark was the killing of .
female prostitutes. But not only did he kill them, he would .
surgically remove organs and intrails and place them near the dead .
body. "Jack the Ripper" wasn't his only nickname, he was also called " .
the Whitechaple murder " because the body's were found near the .
Whitechapel Road, and " The Leather Apron" because of a man that would .
come by and beat up the prostitutes for no reason.