Ystradgynlais Over the long years of Queen Victoria's
reign attitudes to crime and the punishments
given out to criminals changed considerably. In this period of many changes, there
changes too in the way criminals were detected
and dealt with. The first police forces as we know them today
were set up across the country. Some examples of these changes are
shown on the following pages. Choose from the menu
below.
Crime and punishment
Law
and order in the Upper Swansea Valley
A first police force and a new Constabulary
Did she steal from the local shop in Ystradgynlais?
hard labour for leaving your job