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Industrial Crime - Coggle Diagram
Industrial Crime
types of crime
smuggling
secret trade of goods
government introduced income tax to help pay for wars
people were willing to buy goods of these smugglers because import taxes were so high
government dealt with it by reducing the duties which made it unprofitable
highway robbery
people travelled more for trade
improvements on roads encouraged more people to travel
limited banking facilities meant that people carried money around with them
footpads- attacked pedestrians
highmen that help up coaches and riders
dick turpin
John Rann
it died out because
roads became busier less isolated travellers
greater use of banknotes that had to be cashed in and could be traced
in London a horse patrol was set up in 1805 to guard the main roads
riots and crimes caused by poverty
protests caused by political rights