Transportation Flashcards

1
Q

What are the roads called during the 18th century transportation development

A

Turnpike roads

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2
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How did highway robbery become a new source of crime

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Many roads were through open isolated areas easy to rob people and get away. Horses were also cheap to buy due to industrial and agricultural changes.

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3
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How did merchants suffer during highway robbery

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They were becoming rich however these travellers lost valuable items as there weren’t such reliable storages of banks at the time.

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4
Q

What was the name for the car division of the police

A

Flying squad

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5
Q

When we’re motorbikes first used by police?

A

1930s became more common

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6
Q

When we’re helicopters introduced?

A

1970s

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7
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What type of equipment did they carry in 20th century

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Daylight and night vision equipment, radio equipment to track suspects

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8
Q

Why was the use of cars initially not taken up?

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Because fewer forces could afford police patrol cars before 1930s

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9
Q

Why have developments in transport been important in picking method?

A
Improving communication 
Could get to the crime seen
Surveillance - helicopters
Carrying specialist equipment
Different types of vehicle - riot vans
Military vehicles, special forces
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10
Q

When was the Transportation Act

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1717 allowed convicts to choose transportation to North America instead of whipping and sometimes hanging.

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11
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What were Prison Hulks?

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Old warships and merchant ships were used to keep prisoners. Known as floating prisons. Conditions were harsh and outbreaks of disease were common.

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12
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Reasons for transportation

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It was seen as alternative to hanging
Believed it would reduce crime in Britain 
Imprisonment was very costly 
Prisoners would benefit new life
Help colonise areas of the empire
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13
Q

When was the use of transportation

A

1770s-1860s

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14
Q

What century was this banishment

A

18th and 19th century

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15
Q

How many prisoners were sent to Australia

A

2200

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16
Q

When was the Newport uprising

A

1839

17
Q

Name some reasons for the ending of the bloody code

A

Public executions weren’t working, attracted large unruly crowds
Alternative punishments like transportation
Capital punishment too excessive
Juries not willing to convict for minor offences