Question

I need information on the increase of crime during the industrial revolution

Answer 1

A huge increase in the population combined with the industrial revolution led to a huge increase in crime. People migrated from rural areas to cities, there was a surplus of labor. The rise in crime was surprising for the authorities and it was difficult to control it, because ordinary people who were happy before were involved in crime. They were poor, unqualified people; for some, crime was an easy way to get to the money, and for other survival methods. Even children were engaged by adults, because it was easy to manipulate them, and they were paid less. As an emergence of crime, there is a drunkenness, which again contributes to a further increase in crime. People were unhappy because they did not have a job, they could not survive, they had solace in alcohol, become addicted, and then necessarily, began to steal to meet their needs, both basic and alcohol needs.

Answer 2

There was an increase in crime in the periods about 1780 to the mid-nineteenth century

Governments passed many laws to deal with crime

Reasons

A rampant growth in population, along with both the agricultural and industrial revolutions, resulted in an enormous increase in crime.

• Most criminals were poor, unskilled and uneducated people from overcrowded cities and/or rural villages.

• The movement of people from villages to cities represented great pressure on the existing lower classes of the cities.

• For some, crime was an easy way out, while for others, it was a necessity, in other words, if they did not steal, they would starve.

Many people found themselves unemployed or homeless, as a result of the sudden increase in population.

• The authorities found this sudden increase in crime rather surprising and hard to control

• Children also contributed to the growth of crime, because they were easier to direct, and didn't have many rights.

• Drunkenness also played a key role in educing people to turn to crime

The sudden industrialization of many jobs also meant that raw materials, like cotton, wool, wheat and other plants became harder to come by, because all the materials were being sold to factories. As a result, those who were not working in a factory had to pay more to get these necessary materials, and since the lower-class couldn't afford them, the only way they could get raw materials was through stealing them.