Law and order in London in the late 19th Century
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Describe Law and Order in London in the late nineteenth century. There were many things involved in law and order in London, however a key element was the rising levels of crime in the east end, which caused the creation of policing. There were many reasons that there was a high level of crime in the east end, but most of it is due to the poor living conditions they were forced to live in. In the 19th Century the east end was mostly associated with poverty and horrible living conditions. Many places such as Shore ditch, White chapel and Hackney were known as "Slum Areas". Slums are areas where there are many over populated houses where people are forced to live in horrible living conditions. The houses were swarming with disease; this led to crime because many poor people wanted anything they could get. There was a huge amount of unemployment...



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