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

The Crimes of Crime and Punishment   Our topic for this paper is Crime and Punishmet, by Fyodor Dostoevsky . There are several different issues on this subject. We chose three main points to talk about 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. solely because of all(a) of the poverty and sickness in the streets, crime was the only way to survive. Most of the crimes that took place in London were crimes that involved stealing. Pickpocket gangs and street gamblers were a regular sight when walking down a major London street. Prostitution was also a big money maker on the streets, do by both girls and boys. But crimes though out the middle class and rich were mostly property crimes and disputes which made up 90% of all crimes connected by the upper-class. In Victorian England and like today there a two categories which crim es fall under. "Indictable" which is the same as our felony crimes that make up all of the major crimes. These crimes consist 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 misdemeanor crimes. Summery crimes were all minor crimes such as airscrew crimes, Vagrancy, Drunkenness, Prostitution, Minor Larceny , and all other minor offenses.   Probably the most famous criminal in the Victorian period was " Jack the Ripper ". Jack the Ripper was " the offshoot modern sexual serial killer" ( Sugden, pg.2) Jacks trademark was the killing of female prostitutes. But not only did he kill them, he would surgically bear away 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 Whitechapel Road, and " T he Leather Apron" because of a spell 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 answerable for more. All of the killing accrued with in one square mile. Jack is described as carrying a long knife in which he would egress open his victims, and a black Gladstone bag, the contents of which is unknown.