Exam Skills: Crime & Punishment in Britain. c1000-Present (Edexcel GCSE History)

Exam Questions

5 hours29 questions
112 marks

Explain why the role of local communities in law enforcement changed in the years c1000-c1700. 

You may use the following in your answer: 

• trial by ordeal 

• watchmen 

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212 marks

Explain why there were changes in the use of prison as a punishment in the period c1900-present. 

You may use the following in your answer:

 • borstals 

• open prisons 

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312 marks

Explain why there have been changes in the crime of theft in the years c1900-present. 

You may use the following in your answer:

 • credit cards 

• shoplifting

 

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412 marks

Explain why there were changes in the way that religion affected law enforcement in the years c1000–c1700. 

You may use the following in your answer:

• trial by ordeal

• accusations of witchcraft 

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512 marks

Explain why there have been changes in the work of the police in the period from c1900 to the present day. 

You may use the following in your answer: 

• forensic science 

• cars 

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612 marks

Explain why there were new definitions of crimes against authority in the years c1000-c1700.

You may use the following in your answer: 

• poaching 

• heresy 

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