crime and punishment - industrial revolution

1750 - 1900

Transportation to America ends/ Australia begins

1778

How many crimes were capital in 1810

222

Gaols Act

1823

What was in The Gaols Act 1823

Regular visits from a chaplain

what did John Howard suggest about goalers

goalers must be paid

what did John Howard suggest about religion

Prisoners must attend chapel

When was the Metropolitan Police Act?

1829

When was the first prison act

1839

What was the 1839 prison act?

The 1839 Prison Act resulted in the building of a system of new prisons based on the separate system.

When was the Rural Constabulary Act?

1839

What was the rural constabulary act

Allowed counties to set up police force but only 2/3 did so due to cost

Police Act

1856

What was the 1856 Police Act?

Forced all towns and counties to set up a professional police force

Prisons Act

1865

What was the 1865 Prisons Act?

Focus on retribution and deterrence

When did the Bloody Code end?

1869 officially

When did transportation to Australia end

1868 as Australia didn’t want to be a dumping ground

Last prisons act

1898

What was the 1898 prisons act

Focus on rehabilitation and reform

What did Elizabeth Fry do?

She began visiting women in Newgate Prison in 1813. She set up education classes to reform female prisoners and got them better food and clothes while treated them with kindness and respect.