The Crimes of Crime and Punishment :: Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment

The Crimes of Crime and Punishment   Our topic for this make-up is Crime and Punishmet, by Fyodor Dostoevsky . There are several distinct issues on this subject. We chose three main points to talk ab come out The Crimes, the People who solved them, and the different types of punishments. These are the topics we chose for our report.   Crime in the nineteeth century was rapid though out London. But because of all of the poverty and sickness in the streets, crime was the entirely way to survive. Most of the crimes that took place in London were crimes that involved stealing. drop gangs and street gamblers were a regular sight when walking down a major London street. Prostitution was also a big coin maker on the streets, done by both girls and boys. But crimes though out the middle class and rich were mostly property crimes and disputes which do up 90% of all crimes committed by the upper-class. In overnice England and like today there a two categories which cri mes fall under. " guilty" which is the same as our felony crimes that make up all of the major crimes. These crimes incorporate of Murder, armed robbery, burglary, larceny, rape, and assaults on the police. The next called category is called " Summery " crimes which is equal to our usurpation crimes. Summery crimes were all minor crimes such as Property crimes, Vagrancy, Drunkenness, Prostitution, churl Larceny , and all other minor offenses.   Probably the most famous criminal in the Victorian period was " Jack the Ripper ". Jack the Ripper was " the archetypical modern sexual serial killer" ( Sugden, pg.2) Jacks trademark was the killing of egg-producing(prenominal) prostitutes. But not still did he kill them, he would surgically remove organs and intrails and place them near the dead body. "Jack the Ripper" wasnt his only nickname, he was also called " the Whitechaple murder " because the bodys were found near the Whi techapel Road, and " The Leather proscenium" because of a man that would come by and beat up the prostitutes for no reason. Jack the Ripper is credited for 9 killings, but police think that he might be responsible for more. All of the killing accrued with in one square mile. Jack is described as carrying a languish knife in which he would cut open his victims, and a caustic Gladstone bag, the contents of which is unknown.