Crime and Punishment

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Across
  1. 1. – Local law enforcer before organised policing.
  2. 2. – Sending criminals away (e.g., John Frost to Australia).
  3. 6. – One of Wales’ four modern police forces.
  4. 11. – Punishment based on revenge.
  5. 13. – First professional police force (1829).
  6. 14. – Use of violence for political reasons (e.g., Meibion Glyndŵr).
  7. 16. – Medieval trial method using physical tests.
  8. 17. – Overcrowded areas linked to rising crime.
  9. 18. – Justices of the Peace enforcing law in local areas.
  10. 19. – Homelessness and unemployment leading to crime, especially in the Tudor period.
  11. 20. – Robbers attacking travellers in the 18th century.
  12. 22. – Exiling criminals, often to Australia.
  13. 26. – Location of Wales’ first Pentonville-style prison.
  14. 27. – Early nickname for police officers, after Robert Peel.
  15. 30. – Development of computers and vehicles changing crime types.
  16. 31. – Protesters demanding voting rights (e.g., Newport Uprising).
  17. 32. – Illegal hunting on private land.
  18. 33. – Secret group enforcing justice in industrial Wales (Scotch Cattle).
  19. 34. – Medieval system of local responsibility for crime.
  20. 35. – Crime of holding religious beliefs against the Church (e.g., Richard Gwyn).
  21. 37. – Wales’ first open prison (1939).
Down
  1. 1. – Modern policing approach focusing on public engagement.
  2. 2. – Runners considered Britain’s first detective force.
  3. 3. – Crime of betraying the monarch or government (e.g., John Penry).
  4. 4. – Punishment designed to prevent crime.
  5. 5. – Prison reformer who inspected Welsh gaols.
  6. 7. – Bombings linked to the 1969 Prince of Wales ceremony.
  7. 8. – Growth of towns increasing crime opportunities (e.g., 'China' in Merthyr).
  8. 9. – Site of a major Welsh Victorian prison.
  9. 10. – Structure used for hanging criminals.
  10. 12. – Factory growth leading to crime and protests.
  11. 15. – Illegal trading to avoid taxation (e.g., Brandy Cove in Gower).
  12. 21. – Men patrolling streets to prevent crime.
  13. 23. – Similar to stocks but held the head and hands.
  14. 24. – Industrial town with high crime rates in the 19th century.
  15. 25. – Changing criminals through rehabilitation.
  16. 28. – Rioters destroying toll gates in Wales.
  17. 29. – Officers on horseback used in policing.
  18. 33. – Local police forces established after the 1839 Police Act.
  19. 36. – Wooden device for public humiliation.