Victorian crime and detection themes
This page lists the different themes within the Victorian
Crime and Detection package. Although London villains such as
Jack the Ripper are famous, Shropshire had its own share of
criminals. In this package, you can learn about the child-killer,
John Mapp or follow the trials and decisions which led a poor
Shropshire hill farmer to a life of crime. Find out how the
Victorian justice system became increasingly adept at prosecuting
such people, and how institutions such as the workhouse were set
up to look after the poor.
| Theme |
Key Stage (where applicable) |
|
| Background |
|
Crime and detection |
|
A history of crime and
detection in Shropshire. |
| The Longden Murder |
| Murderous
Mapp |
2 / 3 History
and Citizenship |
Sit on the jury for the 1868
trial of the Longden Murderer. Did John Mapp kill Catherine
Lewis? |
| The
Longden murder tours |
|
An in depth photographic look
at the investigation and trial of John Mapp. This includes full
transcriptions from the Shrewsbury Chronicle. |
| Desperate times |
|
Desperate times |
2 History and
Citizenship |
Can you make the right
decisions to get the Davies family out of poverty, in this
interactive story? |
| The
workhouse |
2 History |
What was life like in a
nineteenth-century workhouse? This theme follows-on from the
Desperate times theme. |
| Timeline and quiz |
Timeline
(Opens in a new window) |
2 / 3 History |
A timeline charting the
development of the justice system in Shropshire and England. |
| Crime quiz |
|
A short, interactive quiz on
the themes covered in the Victorian crime and detection
package. |
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