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

Exam Questions

5 hours29 questions
116 marks

‘There was significant change in the nature of criminal activity in the period c1000- c1700’.

How far do you agree? Explain your answer. 

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• Forest Laws 

• theft 

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216 marks

‘In the years c1600-c1900, the use of transportation had a greater impact on crime than the impact of the Bloody Code did.’

How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

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• Australia

• public execution

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316 marks

‘There has been little progress in dealing with the crime of smuggling in the period c1700-present.’ 

How far do you agree? Explain your answer. 

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• public attitudes 

• smuggling gangs 

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416 marks

‘Specialisation has been the most significant development in the nature of police work in the years since the creation of the Metropolitan Police (1829).’ 

How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

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• Criminal Investigation Department (CID) 

• radios 

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516 marks

 ‘The Norman Conquest (1066) led to significant changes in law enforcement in medieval England’. 

How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

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• Wergild 

• tithings 

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616 marks

‘The work of the Fielding brothers led to a great improvement in law enforcement in the years c1500-c1900.’ 

How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

You may use the following in your answer:

• town watchmen 

• the Bow Street Runners 

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