Exam Skills: Crime & Punishment in Britain. c1000-Present (Edexcel GCSE History: The Thematic & Historic Environment (Paper 1))

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. 

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• 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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