Crime and punishment in the Elizabethan period Many of the crimes in the Elizabethan time was not that different from what we see today, but there is no mistaken that the punishment hardly can’t be compared. One of punishments in the Elizabethan Era, was what they called the drunkard’s cloak. That was a punishment for public drunkenness, the punish was for the guilty would have to wear a barrel, that had holes for the arms and head, and was most used for public humiliation, but besides that it was of course heavy. One of the more weird crimes and cruel punishments, was when a woman who gossiped or spoke to freely. The punishment was for the woman to wear a large iron Framework, sort of a metal mask placed on the woman’s head.
Three factors lead to slavery; debt, crime and war. (Henslin, 2010) Creditors would enslave those who were in debt forcing them to work for what they owed. A murderer or thief was forced to work for the victim’s family in order to compensate them for the loss. (Henslin, 2010) When a group defeated an opponent at war, they would enslave the conquered, killing off the men and taking the women into bondage. Women were and still are seen as valuable possessions, traded for sexual purposes, reproduction and labor.
Many of these offences would have been carried out by the lower classes in a bid to survive or to provide for their families. Hall and McLennan (1986) Another category of felony was Crimes against the Person: this covered murder and manslaughter, sexual crimes such as rape and infanticide which is now believed to have been an early form of population control practiced by the poor in overcrowded suburbs such as London which saw a huge increase in population in the eighteenth century.. The final felony was that of Riotous Assembly: this charge was very common during this period of social disruption. ‘Unlawful Assembly’ could be used against a group of two or more people who had gathered to commit an act, whether lawful in itself or not and could lead to a breach of the peace. The most serious in this sub-category was that of
By 1650, the brothel was a thing of the past. In 1556, prostitution was officially made a crime by the Venetian Republic. This was done because prostitutes were seen as a threat to honest. By 1720 a vast majority of the cities in Europe had ordinances condemning prostitutes and prostitutes were also subjected to harsh prison terms if they were caught. (Otis 40) In some cases the laws can be very helpful.
I have concluded that substance abuse is a huge contributor to crimes being committed. The lack or decrease in moral intuition and character can cause a person to make bad decisions. This would cause people not to understand the benefits of to abiding to common social values. A person demographics can also play a role in determining whether or not an individual will turn to a life of crime. Government officials, politicians, and courts employees have concluded that individuals commit crimes for private alternatives and they should be punished and held responsible for their actions and conduct.
Analysis: The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes * How this text fits into your understandings regarding fear * The Highwaymen fits the understandings regarding to fear by knowing how there are people out there in countries where they robbed travellers, and they often had contacts at inns, where travellers would be staying. Although they were often viewed like Robin Hood, as men who robbed the rich and helped the poor, and for that reason and probably because they often dressed well and even had nice manners they tended to be idealised by people too poor to be their victims. * The ideas/events in the text that relate to fear of self and fear of others * The Highwayman brings a sense of criminal association, which raises questions over what is going to happen in the poem. The development of the poem is important in creating fear as it also creates expectations making the poem exciting using romantic language, such as 'purple moor' and 'ribbon of moonlight'. Purple being a very deep, rich colour introduces The Highwayman as he comes 'riding-riding-riding-riding.'
Another reason which is believed to cause crime and deviance is from relative deprivation, this is when a person feels deprived compared to others around them. Then in order to attain what they lack they commit crimes. Marxists also have a very similar belief. They believe that capitalist society also leads to this deprivation which creates competition and then people resort to crime to ‘keep up with the neighbours’. Low unemployment also plays a very large
That stereotype may be true but the real question is what kind of crime? Is it fraud, drugs, robbery or even prostitution? Many of us think of these crimes as being committed only in the slums of our cities but as we read in the book Woman at Point Zero, by Nawal El Saadawi, these moral questioning acts happen even in the privileged communities. The main character Firdaus commits some of these crimes and even murder at the expense of the elite society; while at the same time helping the social non-elite through financial donations. In the end she would have to pay the price within the moral and legal law.
1) Punishment in the stocks: Stocks are procedures used internationally in medieval times as a form of physical punishment involving public humiliation. The stocks are similar to the pillory as they consist of large, hinged, wooden boards; the difference, however, is that when a person is placed in the stocks, their feet are locked in place, and sometimes as well their hands or head, or they may be chained. Public hangings: Public hangings are a use of public humiliation and to scare the people of doing crimes. It was done by showing the whole community a person’s consequences to going against the law. They would bring massive crowds of people to come and see the hanging.
They face weak penalties, even after a half dozen convictions, and stealing thousands of dollars of equipment and causing immense property damage. The good news is that many of the stolen cars are recovered; the bad news is that they are often damaged by the thieves, who rip apart dashboards for stereos, recklessly or maliciously smash the body of the car, or even burn it to remove fingerprints. Throughout time, crime has played in an important part in the function of society. Which reaches out and takes a stranglehold on the human-interest angle of the general public's mind, and makes us become enveloped in the thought processes of the modern criminal. Along these lines, the fascination