The period c.1700 to c.1900 saw an increase in crime. This led to the use of prisons as the main form of punishment and the introduction of the first professional police force in Britain. In this ...
Justice in Anglo-Saxon England was the responsibility of the local community, with some involvement of the King and Church. However, by c.1500 the kings had introduced a more centralised system of ...
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