Changing attitudes to punishment, C1700-C1900

Question 1

When did transportation to america begin?

Answer 1

1610

Question 2

eastern Australia claimed for

Answer 2

Britian in 1770

Question 3

JH- act

Answer 3

JOHN HOWARD- 1774

Gaol Act- improving conditions of gaols

Question 4

transportation to

Answer 4

transportation to australia begins in 1787

Question 5

over how many ppl were transported to america?

Answer 5

Over 160,000 people transported to America from 1787-1868

Question 6

Gaol ACT, ELIZABETH FRY

Answer 6

1823

Question 7

when did the bloody code end?

Answer 7

end of the bloody code as capital crimes reduced to 122 in 1825

Question 8

how many/ when were the new prisons built?

Answer 8

90 new prisons built- 1824-1827

Question 9

when was transportation to America abolished?

Answer 9

transportation to America abolished in 1868

Question 10

19th century thought that:
led to decrease in death penalty:
lead to end of public executions in 1868:

Answer 10

• punishments should be equal
• corporal and capital punishments were inhumane except for serious crimes
• punishments should also be about rehabilitating the offender

Question 11

Transportation to Australia:

ended in 1868……

Answer 11

crime increase= transportation

• offenders stayed and laboured in Australia for 7 years
• some felt it was too expensive + not a strong deterrent to crime.
• too harsh on criminals and families
• more prisons had been built and prisons were used instead of transportation
• Australia no longer needed labours because of the discovery of gold