EJ+Crime&Punishment+How+were+Crimes+in+Ancient+Greece+Solved

=﻿How were crimes in Ancient Greece solved?= By Jackson Batchelor

In Ancient Greece if a crime was ever committed, it doesn't matter what it was or how unusual it was the crime was always investigated by the town. In Ancient Greece the only way you knew about a crime was if someone reported it. This was because the police force wasn't really fit for the job and they were to lazy to be around 24/7. So if a crime was committed it was firstly reported to the slave that was policing. If the person was found the person who reported the crime received half of the fine. But after the crime was reported the citizens did the investigating. When or if the criminal was found they immediately handed him over to the police and they then made sure he was put in front of a trial. If this ever happened in our days people would be put in jail or fined because they touched evidence at a crime scene.

The Ancient Greeks were extremely different to us in investigating crimes. Some of the ways they differ from us is that the citizens in their towns investigate crime scenes and the police force only handles the arrested people, but they don't make any arrests. This is incredibly different to us now, this is because we know it's vital to keep a crime scene how it was, so we can get the right person the first time and not make any mistakes. Also another reason we solve our crimes differently to theres is because we have way more advanced technology. So this allows us to see fingerprints and DNA that has been left at a crime scene. Also now criminals are also advanced so they use technology and methods to prevent them from being caught. This is why we have to use DNA and fingerprints and not just the method of guessing who done it.

The way the Ancient Greeks solved their crimes was also different to our metods today. Back then they looked around the crime scene for items that didn't belong. Then if they thought they found one they would try to find who owned it. If someone did they would question them about were they were when the crime happened. If they thought this was the man/women they would bind him/her and hand him/her over to the police. The Greeks also questioned the victim if he was not dead, they asked questions like who he thought did it or if he saw the attacker. If the man said he saw the attacker they went straight over to his house and arrested him. Thats right no defence, he would defend himself in court in front of the jury. Most of the time the person who they thought they were attacked by was not the right man. But when they got the right man everyone was happy and relieved because they just made a more more peaceful place.