Crime and Order Maintenance in Celtic and Roman Britain
Module 2 – Crime and Order Maintenance in Celtic and Roman Britain
ACTIVITIES.
1. Make Notes comparing how offenders were treated in Celtic Britain and how they are treated in modern Britain. Do you notice any similarities? 2. Make notes comparing how offenders were treated in roman Britain and how they are treated in modern Britain. Do you notice any similarities?
1.
* People were fined for breaking the law in Celtic time. They were given a guarantor that could vouch they could pay. This is like when Bail is set in the justice system of today. * Celts were stripped of Civil rights, practicing a profession unable to leave tribal territory loss of status within the community. Today we have electronic tagging to keep a person within a confined space, sometime people are given community sentence which helps redeem themselves
2.
* People in Roman Times were tried before a Governor for crimes as the same as a judge in modern day * They were given prison sentences to deter them for reoffending by instilling fear in them, this happens today with both fine and jail sentences. * People were condemned to the mines to work. Again in modern day times this could be seen as a harsher community service.
Marc McFadyen
HL/0022914
Diploma in Criminal Psychology
Module 2 – Crime and Order Maintenance in Celtic and Roman Britain
“The punishment of present day offenders has elements of the Celtic and Roman approaches.”
When we look at how law and punishment is upheld today in Britain we can go back thousands of years into our history to see some similarities in Celtic and Roman times.
In Celtic times people had a high regard to the rights and duties of people within there society. There were different levels of kinship within the community, the lowest being a person who had infringed on the law. Infractions would result in fines. As there were no prisons or police force during this time, the responsibility to
ACTIVITIES.
1. Make Notes comparing how offenders were treated in Celtic Britain and how they are treated in modern Britain. Do you notice any similarities? 2. Make notes comparing how offenders were treated in roman Britain and how they are treated in modern Britain. Do you notice any similarities?
1.
* People were fined for breaking the law in Celtic time. They were given a guarantor that could vouch they could pay. This is like when Bail is set in the justice system of today. * Celts were stripped of Civil rights, practicing a profession unable to leave tribal territory loss of status within the community. Today we have electronic tagging to keep a person within a confined space, sometime people are given community sentence which helps redeem themselves
2.
* People in Roman Times were tried before a Governor for crimes as the same as a judge in modern day * They were given prison sentences to deter them for reoffending by instilling fear in them, this happens today with both fine and jail sentences. * People were condemned to the mines to work. Again in modern day times this could be seen as a harsher community service.
Marc McFadyen
HL/0022914
Diploma in Criminal Psychology
Module 2 – Crime and Order Maintenance in Celtic and Roman Britain
“The punishment of present day offenders has elements of the Celtic and Roman approaches.”
When we look at how law and punishment is upheld today in Britain we can go back thousands of years into our history to see some similarities in Celtic and Roman times.
In Celtic times people had a high regard to the rights and duties of people within there society. There were different levels of kinship within the community, the lowest being a person who had infringed on the law. Infractions would result in fines. As there were no prisons or police force during this time, the responsibility to