Lasting Legacy Crime is most frequently associated with the dregs of civilization. Crime is a necessity for survival in the slums of society. In the Victorian period of England, this was the social norm expected in the slums of England. There was a realm of black and white; crime and justice. That is where the problem of a “well to do man” committing such a huge crimes happens (Crichton 33). William Pierce did indeed have a motive for instigating the Great Train Robbery. Being an established man has its bores, and William Pierce knew just how to liven up the boring life of an aristocrat. By using any means necessary to pull the Great Train Robbery, William Pierce succeeded in acquiring a trophy to forever cement himself in the history of
