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What were rookeries?
Overcrowded slum areas where houses were divided into apartments
How much was paid in a doss house and how much sleep would you get in return?
4p for 8 hours
What was the issue with the Peabody Estate?
The rents were too high
Who could stay in the workhouses?
Those who could not afford doss houses, those too young to work for money
What was the area that you could sleep in exchange for work?
The casual ward
What did criminals often offer business owners?
Protection Rackets
What is anarchism?
The political movement that wished to abolish the government and all forms of hierarchy
How many people lived per house in a Whitechapel rookery on average?
7.5
How many flats were created in the Peabody Estate?
287
When was the Met police set up?
1829
When was the detective branch formed?
1842
What age could police recruits be?
21-32
How tall did police recruits have to be?
5"9
What does the CID stand for?
Criminal Investigation Department
How many policemen per person were there in Whitechapel compared to in the rest of London?
300 in Whitechapel, 390 in the rest of London
What division was Whitechapel in?
H division
What was the name given to the helmets worn by the policemen in Whitechapel?
Custodian
What colour were the Whitechapel police's uniforms?
Deep blue
How long was a beat in the day?
30 minutes
How many murders occurred per year in London compared to just in Whitechapel?
Less than 400 in London, 95 just in Whitechapel
What were brothels?
Houses that prostitutes could use and be paid in.
Who was Jack the Ripper's first victim?
Mary Nichols
What year did the Ripper murders take place in?
1888
What was the date of the double Ripper murders?
30th September 1888
When were the Peabody Estates made?
1881
How many flats were in the Peabody Estates?
287
How many Russian Jews arrived in London from 1881-1891?
30 000
Who were the two main groups of immigrants in London in the 1880s?
Irish fenians and Russian Jews
When was the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee set up?
10th September 1888
Who set up the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee?
George Lusk
When was Mary Nichols mudered?
31st August 1888
Who was murdered 31st August 1888?
Mary Nichols
When was Annie Chapman murdered?
8th September 1888
Who was murdered 8th September 1888?
Annie Chapman
Who was murdered 30th September 1888?
Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes
When was Jack the Ripper's double murder?
30th September 1888
When was Mary Kelly murdered?
9th November 1888
What did George Lusk do?
Set up the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee
Define anarchism
Political belief that opposes all forms of state government in favour of voluntary co operation
What does ANPR stand for?
Automatic Number Plate Recognition
What does CCTV stand for?
Closed Circuit Television
What age were approved schools for?
Under 15
What is a conscientious objector?
a person who opposes warfare on moral grounds
What act made race crimes illegal?
1968 Race Relations Act
What act made homophobic crimes illegal?
2005 Criminal Justice Act
When was the Race Relations Act?
1968
When was the Domestic Violence Act?
1976
When was rape in marriage made illegal?
1991
What act made some classes of drug illegal?
1971 Misuse of Drugs Act
When were homosexual relationships legalised and by what act?
1967 Sexual Offences Act
When was abortion legalised?
1967
When were borstals opened?
1902
When were borstals abolished?
1982
When were approved schools introduced?
1932
When were attendance centres introduced?
1948
When were approved schools closed?
1959
When was Neighbourhood Watch introduced?
1982
When was solitary confinement abolished?
1922
When were community service orders introduced?
1972
When was parole introduced?
1967
What was parole?
Release of a prisoner before their full sentence
When was the first open prison opened?
1933
When was Timothy Evans executed?
1950
When was Ruth Ellis executed?
1955
When was Derek Bentley executed?
1953
Who was the last woman to be hanged?
Ruth Ellis
When was Capital Punishment initially suspended?
1965
When was capital punishment permanently abolished?
1969
How long do police officers have to train for since 1947?
14 weeks
When did the 14 weeks of police training become mandatory?
1947
What are PCSOs?
Police Community Support Officers
What was the name of the Labour home secretary who helped abolish capital punishment?
Roy Jenkins
How many conscientious objectors died in prison?
73
Name two new crimes against property in the Industrial period
Highway Robbery and Poaching
Name two new crimes against authority in the Industrial period
Smuggling and protesting
How were the Tolpuddle Martyrs punished?
transported to Australia for 7 years
Who led the Tolpuddle Martyrs?
George Loveless
What ultimately ended the witchcraze by the Industrial period?
The Enlightenment
What did the Fielding brothers introduce?
The Bow Street Runners
Where did the Fielding brothers work?
The Bow Street Magistrate court
When was the metropolitan police set up?
1829
When was the CID formed?
1878
When was the Gaol's Act introduced?
1823
Who introduced the Gaol's Act?
Robert Peel
Who campaigned for prison reform in the Industrial period?
John Howard and Elizabeth Fry
When did the last public hanging take place?
1868
Why did highway robbery decrease after 1750?
Trains invented,
New bank systems
When was the police act introduced?
1856
Who abolished the death penalty for pick pocketing in 1808?
Samuel Romilly
How much of the world was in the British Empire by 1900?
1/5
What act made poaching a crime?
The Game Act
What percentage of those who were transported had committed violent crimes?
3%
What religion was Elizabeth Fry?
Quaker
What layout did the Pentonville prison have?
Radial
How many cases of suicide were there in the first years of Pentonville prison?
3
How many prisons applied the Gaol's Act?
130
When was the Waltham Black Act?
1723
What was the Waltham Black Act?
Made hunting deer, hares or rabbits a capital crime
When was highway robbery made punishable by death?
1772
When was witchcraft decriminalised?
1736