Prisons, Crime and Punishment

Crimes and Concerns:

a) Concerns about criminality stemming from industrial migrations towards cities.

• Street robberies
• Press campaign against said street robbers
• Led to severe parliamentary response

b) Concerns about criminality on trains

• Extortion and robbery were very common
• First murder on a British train
• Petty crime such as pickpockets, cardsharps

c) Juvinile Delinquency

• Fear stemmed from 18th C. concerns
  • Gangs of boys on the Thames who stole money
• Prejudices against poor young boys in…