Crime In Victorian Era Research Paper

Sobriety and control were praised. Highly coded period where conformity, modesty and “paraitre” was the norm, it wasn’t really well seen to express one’s “humeurs” in public and therefore led to repression of one’s fantasies and appetites. Victorian morality. Everything had to be sober and dignified in order to show and aspire respectability. “It seemed natural and human. In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance I had been hitherto accustomed to call mine. “As good shone upon the countenance of the one”, countenance and sobriety as the praised traits in Victorian era. new birth being the “solution of the bonds of obligation”. An unknown freedom, had never been free from Victorian social norms, calls his life a “life of effort, virtue and control”. To him, Hyde had seemed to “bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance”. Victorian discipline was imperfect, this suggests the now renowned dichotomy and contradiction of the time: control of one emotions on the outside but perversion on the inside. Are the “living” proof that such a coded and constraining society leads to explosion of the id and therefore being true to the Victorian context

Thesis Statement: A research paper of the mysterious and famous 19th century serial killer Jack the Ripper and how it is that the legend came to be.

“These scholars note that Victorians often bowed to conformity, concealing their true natures and tastes and pretending to adhere to social norms. Some Victorians passed themselves off as more pious or moral than they really were. But in reality, pornographic literature and prostitution were common phenomena during the late nineteenth century, showing that some Victorians only pretended to lead chaste lives.”(Joyce Moss)

The 1920s are usually characterized as a time of care-free, social rebellion against the restricting ideals of the post WWI world, but it has a darker side than this. Prisons populations and crime rates rose to an all time high from where they were pre-Prohibition. Gangsters soon became the richest, most powerful men in the country and all due to the bootlegging of liquor. In New York and Chicago especially, the gangs were as diverse as the people living there, all fighting to control their areas, causing insane amounts of violence and death. Although Prohibition's aim was to decrease drunkenness and crime, it would ultimately cause more harm than good with the emergence of speakeasies which kept people drunk and gangs who increased crime

Jack the Ripper is the infamous unidentified serial killer believed to have been active in the large impoverished area in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The ‘Ripper” was to have murdered five female prostitutes, within three months; scaring the residents of London, and soon after vanishing never to be known to kill again. Jack the Ripper terrorized the streets of London of unknown reasons, however the movie could have been associated with women who sold themselves.. With his ability to vanish into the night he was impossible to track, making him one of the most intelligent and clever criminals known to walk the streets. The killings of all five women rapidly occurred over a nine week period but they have both haunted and fascinated people for over a hundred year, yearning

During the Victorian Era, England was a Christian country. The only big non-Christian faith was Judaism. During the Victorian era everyone read the Bible and went to church on Sunday. The Bible was taken as the literal truth and was the foundation of virtuous behavior which became known as Victorianism. During the victorian era, text books and games were based on religion and virtues. It was believed that by the help of religion Would come the end all to crime and poverty, these were the Victorian values. The Victorian society was strongly and universally religious and the Victorians embraced the models brought on by Christianity. Although achievement in science and technology became the order of the day, do to that religion started a downhill

Social standing, and moral values were vital elements in Victorian society, and the fundamental doctrine of establishing this ideology, began at home. The home provided a refuge from the rigour, uncertainty, anxiety, and potential violence of the outside world. (P, 341) A woman’s role was to provide a safe, stable, and well-organised environment for their husbands and families. However, change was on the horizon with an underlying movement of business and domestic changes both home and abroad, with industrialization, and the suffragist movement. Women were beginning to gain autonomy and began to grasp their opportunities, thus significantly curtailing male supremacy and the definable acceptable ‘role’ of the woman.

Primarily, The Victorian era, during which the novella was published, valued appearance and reputation. The era encouraged and strived for propriety, mainly on the surface. It rejected anything that went against society’s rigid, restraining values. It resisted anything that appeared immoral and corrupt. The era was

The implications of religion during the Victorian Era allowed for the existence of a society that would be considered controversial when compared to the type of social world we live in today. The people of the Victorian era held religion so dear to them that it affected gender roles, dress, and overall behavior to the point that we are now left to interpret whether the “proper” standards of living at the time were reasonable, or just a result of a fervent devotion to religion. It’s difficult to understand the reason why certain traditions were followed during the Victorian Era, without taking into consideration the religious reasoning behind it. Out of all the influences that Victorian tradition consists of religion, perhaps is the greatest determining factor in analyzing why this certain conduct was considered normal and just, mainly because a number of sins were sought to be avoided out of the fear of the supernatural, or a holy power. The goal of this research is to present the cause of certain trends during the Victorian Era as a result of religion and to show how greatly this deviates from the common trends in today’s society. Evaluating religion during the Victorian Era may also be helpful in explaining why social interactions in modern time differ so greatly from that of the past.

The research conducted on crime and police during Victorian England has increased my knowledge and understanding of the novel because a common theme found throughout Charle Dickens’ novel Great Expectation is crime. There are many events that occur in the story that demonstrate acts of crime such as in the beginning of the book when Pip first meets Magwitch. Crime is an important recurring topic in Great Expectations.

The general public, readers, and historians have sensationalized the Victorian Underworld for years. The rise of crime and what came to be known as the criminal class in Victorian London emerged as a result of various impacts of the fast-paced industrialization that took place in the 19th century. Economic changes during the industrialization of Victorian London created opportunities for costers to make a living hawking goods in the streets. However, they were often removed by the police for blocking the flow of traffic and being a general annoyance. Costers and the police force developed a hostile association that often led to violence amongst the opposing groups, which cemented the costers as a part of the criminal class in the eyes of the middle and upper classes of London. The booming population amongst the lower classes, which led to overcrowded living space, offered a breeding ground for generations of criminals. The children of the rookeries and paddingkens were at the centre of the criminal class because they allowed the criminal trades to transcend generations and to further establish a class of individuals who made their livelihoods through unlawful means. These children were the most vulnerable to effects of the meagre socio-economic factors and were forced into criminality in order to survive. The prominence of the criminal class in Victorian London during the 19th century was a result of the reduced socio-economic conditions the lower classes were forced to live

Today, when one hears of the Victorian Era, the stereotype of long and elegant dresses, corsets that squeeze the life out of any female, as well as elaborate dinner parties and men “calling on” women usually follows. However, many fail to realize that this is actually true, for the most part. The upper and superior middle classes follow rules from handbooks that family members, usually parents, give them as coming of age presents, similar to a woman’s first make-up kit or a man’s first bottle of shaving cream. Within these books lie rules of life, guides to keeping one’s cool and acting in such a manner so as to throw off preying hyenas, waiting for some juicy gossip. Some are as follows: “Rise to one's feet when being introduced, or when someone enters the room. Ladies, do a little curtsey and men, greet with a bow. Never turn your back on someone. When you have to remove yourself from the attention or presence of someone, to answer a door, look out the window etc, you always asked to be excused.”

The reaction to crime in the Victorian Era show the effectiveness of law enforcement. One event that displayed the acts of policemen was the Great Exhibition, an event where a variety of manufactured products were displayed. On certain days, tickets costed a shilling, or five pence, attracting an audience. Although there were a lot of policemen, the crime rates were very low. National Archives explains the cause, “The men who policed the Great Exhibition were members of the Metropolitan Police force. This force had been established in 1829 and its police constables were given the nickname 'Peelers' after Sir Robert Peel who was Home Secretary at the time.” http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/victorianbritain/lawless/default.htm

The majority of the people that committed crimes in the 19th century looked like people you could have inferred were crime committers. Most of the people that committed crimes lived lifestyles that were not the best, just as today’s crime committed crimes. They did the crime so they did the time.

Jack the Ripper was said to be the first serial killer in the modern sense. In the article “The Hunt for Jack the Ripper,” William D. Rubinstein’s main idea is to explain and examined some of the murder victims, and possible suspects for Jack the Ripper. Rubinstein goes into great detail to try and define who the ripper actually was, but this is still an unsolved mystery in history. Rubinstein’s main ideas are the different possibilities for Jack the Ripper; however there was one person in particular that people believed was the Ripper for over twenty years. Another main part of this article was discussing victims of Jack the