OCR GCSE History B: Thematic study — Crime and Punishment, c.1250 to present

What is included

What this course covers

• Period 1 - Medieval Britain c.1250–c.1500

  • 1.1 – The characteristic features of medieval Britain: an overview
  • 1.2 – Crimes and criminals in medieval Britain
  • 1.3 – Enforcing law and order including policing and different types of court
  • 1.4 – Punishment: capital punishment, fines, whipping, public humiliation and imprisonment

• Period 2 - Early Modern Britain c.1500–c.1750

  • 2.1 – Major religious, political and social changes: an overview
  • 2.2 – The changing nature of crime including vagrancy, moral crime and witchcraft
  • 2.3 – Law and order: secular and church courts and the roles of different law enforcers
  • 2.4 – Changes in punishment including the introduction of the ‘Bloody Code’

• Period 3 - Industrial Britain, c.1750–c.1900

  • 3.1 – The enlightenment, urbanisation and political change: an overview
  • 3.2 – Crimes and criminals: the increase in crime in the first half of the nineteenth century
  • 3.3 – The introduction and development of the police force
  • 3.4 – Changes in punishment: prisons, transportation to Australia and prison reform

• Period 4 - Britain since c.1900

  • 4.1 – Major technological, social and political changes: an overview
  • 4.2 – Changes in the crime rate and in types of crime
  • 4.3 – Changes in law enforcement including the use of new technology
  • 4.4 – Changes in punishment including the abolition of capital punishment and changes in prisons

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