Crime And Punishment: Crimes, Who Solved Them, And Different Punishments

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Term Paper Title	Crime And Punishment: Crimes, Who Solved Them, And Different Punishments
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Crime and Punishment: Crimes, Who Solved Them, and Different Punishments

Crime and Punishment: Crimes, Who Solved Them, and Different Punishments

     Our topic for this paper is Crime and Punishment. There are several
different issues on this subject.  We chose three main points to talk about:
The Crimes, the People who solved them, and the different types of punishments.
These are the topics we chose for our report.

     Crime in the nineteeth century was rapid though out London.  But because
of all of the poverty and sickness in the streets, crime was the only way to
survive.  Most of the crimes that took place in London were crimes that
involved stealing.  Pickpocket gangs and street gamblers were a regular sight
when walking down a major London street. Prostitution was also a big money
maker on the streets, done by both girls and boys.  But crimes though out the
middle class and rich were mostly property crimes and disputes which made up
90% of all crimes committed by the upper-class.  In Victorian England and like
today there a two categories which crimes fall under.  "Indictable" which is the
same as our felony crimes that make up all of the major crimes.  These crimes
consist of: Murder,  armed robbery, burglary, larceny, rape, and assaults on
the police.  The next called category is called " Summery " crimes which is
equal to our misdemeanor crimes. Summery crimes were all minor crimes such as:
Property crimes, Vagrancy, Drunkenness, Prostitution, Minor Larceny , and all
other minor offenses.

          Probably the most famous criminal in the Victorian period was " Jack
the Ripper ". Jack the Ripper was " the first modern sexual serial killer" (
Sugden, pg.2) Jack's trademark was the killing of female prostitutes.  But not
only did he kill them, he would surgically remove organs and intrails and place
them near the dead body. "Jack the Ripper" wasn't his only nickname, he was
also called " the Whitechaple murder " because the body's were found near the
Whitechapel Road, and " The Leather Apron" because of a man that would come by
and beat up the prostitutes for no reason.  Jack the Ripper is credited for 9
killings, but police think that he might be responsible for more.  All of the
killing accrued with in one square mile.  Jack is described as carring a long
knife in which he would cut open his victims, and a black Gladstone bag,  the
contents of  which is unknown. ( Sugden, pg.1) Jack the Ripper's identity is
unknown which is probably why this case...

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