CRM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: England In The Middle Ages, Crime Prevention, Henry Fielding
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Will cover everything up until the last lecture. A combination of mp and short answer. Medieval england : communal responsibility for maintaining social order tithings & Was no police force, or anything recognizable as a government. Have societies, communities, and a general concern of keeping peace for the common good. A tithing is a group of 10 families that was de ned as being responsible for the behaviour of everyone in the group. Group is de ning their own norms and enforcing them. Later medieval & early modern england : constables & night watchmen. Starting to see controlling and crime prevention but not yet crime solving. Law enforcement was still communal, it was up to the victim to bring the prosecution up to court. Once there is enough people living in the same place, they would pool their resources and hire someone as a security guard.