Dane Wilson

                                            Jack The Ripper Coursework

 1. Describe Law and Order in the late 19th century!

   Law and Order in the late 19th Century was at it's highest since the 18th Century and was very severe and very common among the poor due to poverty. The crimes were quite petty but was mainly due to their status. The highest group in society was the Monarch and followed by them was the Baron and then the Middle Class and followed by the Lords and the Upper Class. These crimes happened to help feed the homeless and their families, they would have on average 20 people in a small house that had an attic and cellar. Even the working class would try to steal because of their poor wages. They would mainly try to steal food and drink to stay alive, these were the petty crimes but at the same time alot of more very serious crimes would be taking place such as burgulary, robberys, murders and manslaughters.

 In the petty crimes the criminal would usually get away without punishment because of the policing status. There wasn't enough polic to deal with every crime. No-one wanted to be in the police force as they thought you would have to pay more taxes and they felt if the people who knew him and disliked him would go after his family to get at him.

  The criminals who was caught were taken to a Church Court Trialfirst or another Court Trial then to Policing and then off to face their punishment which could be for them to be sent to Australia to be a slave or they might be fined or even at a very serious crime such as murder they could face execution.

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 The poor would commit alot of crimes or until they got caught as they never had nothing to lose because they never had anything in the first place.

 The successes and failures of the 19th Century policing force was in their successes  their appearance didn't look like soldiers so in doing so never scared people as much, but when they were present they made their present felt.  

 Their failures were they didn't have enough man power to fight every crime committed. They didn't have no police which meant no forensics and therefore they didn't have CID.

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