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Crime and Punishment in the World

 

            
            
             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.


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