Note: You may choose to study Chapter 29, Health and Medicine OR Chapter 30, Crime and Punishment OR Chapter 31, Work and Leisure (Chapter 31 is available in the eBook and online).
You will learn to … Illustrate patterns of change in crime and punishment
Sources for studying the history of crime and punishment Written
Aural
Songs about jail and prison – Johnny Cash, ‘Folsom Prison Blues’
L.O. 3.14: Illustrate patterns of change across different time periods in a chosen theme relating to life and society.
Oral
BBC History Extra podcasts
Tactile
Prison museums – Bodmin Jail, Cornwall;
Kilmainham Jail
Crime and
punishment in the Middle Ages
5th–15th century
Crime and
punishment in modern times
20th–21st century
Second century AD Crime and
punishment in Ancient Rome
18th–19th century Crime and
punishment in industrial society
1. Crime and Punishment in Ancient Rome
Who made the law? The Romans had a written code of law, called the Twelve Tables. The laws were made by the emperors and by the Senate.
The laws laid down what Romans could do legally, so that everybody was treated fairly under the law.
Ancient Rome did not have a police force. Instead, they used
Illustrate patterns of change in crime and punishment in Ancient Rome