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The year the Battle of Hastings took place and William I is crowned King of England.
1066
The Forest Laws were introduced.
1067
The Harrying of the North began and in 1070 it ended.
1069
Murdrum fine introduced for killing Normans.
1070
The Domesday book is created.
1086
Richard I introduces coroners to investigate suspicious deaths.
1194
Henry II reorganizes courts and tries to limit church's power over crime and punishment.
1150-60
Trial by Ordeal ends.
1215
Justices of the Peace appointed for all areas.
1327
The Statute of Labourers was made.
1351
Justices of the Peace could arrest suspected heretics.
1414
Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England.
1485
Vagabonds and Beggars Act was introduced.
1494
Witchcraft Act makes witchcraft punishable by death.
1542
The Vagrancy Act, an able-bodied vagabond, who was without work for more than three days, was to be branded with the letter V, was made.
1547
The introduction of the Bridewell, used to punish vagabonds and reform them as well as house orphans.
1556
Demonologie was published.
1597
Poor law introduced and houses of correction set up in each county.
1601
Transportation to America begins.
1603
The year of the Gunpowder Plot.
1605
Matthew Hopkins witch hunts.
1645-47
The Game Act was passed which meant that individuals who were poor were not allowed to own equipment or dogs that could be used for poaching.
1671
Law lists 50 crimes punishable by death.
1688
Black Acts make poaching game punishable by death.
1723
Witchcraft was decriminalized.
1736
Fielding brothers set up Bow Street Runners.
1748
The State of Prisons was published.
1777
The law lists 222 crimes punishable by death.
1810
The Metropolitan Police Force was introduced.
1829
Tolpuddle martyrs.
1833
The detective branch in Scotland Yard was set up.
1842
Pentonville prison was opened and the separate system introduced.
1842
Transportation is abolished.
1857
The first National Crime Records were set up.
1869
All prisons brought under government authority.
1877
Jack the Ripper murders.
1888
Borstals introduced for young offenders.
1900
The Fingerprint branch was set up in the Metropolitan Police Force.
1901
The Military Service Act introduces conscription.
1916
Driving whilst drunk becomes a crime.
1925
Execution of under-18s ends.
1933
The Derek Bentley case occurred.
1953
Death penalty abolished.
1965
The Misuse of Drug Act, making many drugs illegal for the first time, was passed.
1971
Domestic Violence Act makes domestic violence a crime.
1976
Racial and Religious Hatred Act makes racial abuse a crime.
2006
metropolitan police force was founded by robert peel with 3200 new officers
1829
dr barnado opened the first of his orphanages for boys
1870
there were 82 government laws describing what the metropolitan police should do when dealing with a wide range of issues, including: vagrancy, lunatics, pubs, street traffic, sewage and litter, coinage, children, runaway horses, fires and accidents
1870
the great depression brought widespread unemployment and poverty in london
1873
arisans’ dwellings act - this made the house owners responsible for keeping their properties in a good order and gave local authorities the right to buy and demolish slums if they were not improved
1875
criminal investigation department - was set up with 216 officers by howard vincent. these were plain clothed detectivess who investigated major crimes, like murder or sexual assault
1878
the peabody estate was opened. this provided 283 new flats to the people of whitechapel. some flats were offered at a reasonable price of three shillings for one room
1881
the founding of the social democratic federation
1881
the met was made up of 13319 men among a population of just over 5 million, but only 1838 of those officers were available for duty
1885
charles warren became the commissioner of the met police, warren was a former army general. warren was disliked by many in whitechapel for his heavy-handed approach
1886
the high unemployment and housing shortages in east london led to two parliamentary reports on the area, these suggested more integration for the jewish community and an investigation in sweatshops
1888
the five ripper murders occured between aug-nov, many of the victims were severally mutilated, the double murder on the 30th sep also caused serious divisions between the met and city police
1888
some parts in the west of whitechapel now had jewish communities that made up 95% of the area
1889
the houses of the working classes act opened the way for the new london county counsel to begin housing development schemes to replace slums with mass low-cost housing
1890
the public health amendment act gave more powers to local councils to improve toilets, paving, rubbish collection and other sanitary services
1890
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