Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

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what is temporal parameter
an example the long eighteenth century
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Who said this: It is a melancholy truth....,no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared by Act of Parliament to be felonious without benefit of clergy..to be worthy of instant death
Sir William Blackstone
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how many crimes were punishable by death by 1815
roughly 225
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what did Sir William Perry call for?
an annual record of the number of corporal sufferings and imprisonments
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what happened as the cost of living increased?
crime rates increased
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what types of punishment were there in the long eighteenth
it was overwhelmingly punitive, retributive and non-refortmative
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what was Ann Hurlock executed for?
killing and hiding a baby
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what could be considered to be important for a chance of survival?
testimony to one's good character
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what was the bloody code a response to?
response of a society where capital enterprise was releasing new forms of wealth which could not be adequately protected
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when was the met police introduced?
1829
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what type of law was used in continental europe?
Roman Law
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what did the lorious Revolution of 1688 establish as stated by Hay?
the freedom not of men, but of men of property
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what did Beattie say there was in the 18th century?
high tolerance of violence within 18thc. society
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what were thief takers?
a recognised trade by which an individual or group would receive a financial reward for the apprehension of criminals
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what enabled property qualification hunting & possession of hunting-related implements as well as other bits?
Game Laws 1671-1831
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who benefited from the Game Laws?
Game Keepers
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Who established the Bow street runners
The Fielding Brothers
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what act was passed in 1792
Middlesex Justices Act
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what act was passed 1814
Police Magistrates Metropolis Act
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what was passed 1829
The Metropolitan Police Act
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what were the Bow Street runners know as?
Glorified Thief Takers
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what was Reverend William Dodd convicted for?
forgery
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what was the Earl of Ferrers convicted of?
Murder of a Steward
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The 'Blood Code' was not....
a deterrant against crime
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what did douglas Hay describe the bloody code as?
a chief ideological instrument of the ruling class
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what was achieved with the Criminal Justice Act 1826?
expenses paid for both prosecutors and witnesses
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what was the traditional method of hanging?
The “Drop” Method
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what was burning at the stake primarily reserved for?
women found guilty of treason or petty treason
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what was the result of the 1752 Murder Act
found guilty of murder, results in dissection or chains.
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what letters were people branded with for crimes
T, M & F
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when was public whipping of women abolished?
1817
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when was the first transportation act?
1718
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when was transportation to australia introduced?
1787
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when was the Act for the Safe Custody of Insane Persons Charged with Offences passed?
1800
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when was the glorious revolution?
1688
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what were the 1689 Bill of rights?
laws in regards to the monarchy and their role in regards to the law
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what was the 1701 act of settlement
An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject
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what were the three early modern metropolis zones?
city of London, Westminster and the districts beyond
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How many colonies were there in America?
13
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Roughly how many people were transported from England & Wales between 1715-75
36000
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how long were people generaly transported for?
7 years
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who said : Environment had an inter-relationship with crime, but not simply along the lines that the urban-rural division might suggest
Emsley
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what influenced every aspect of English life between 1674 and 1913?
Gender
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what was crime a response too? (particularly women)
poverty
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what was Joyce Hodgkis found guilty of?
petty treason
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what were men seen to be?
the stronger sex
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what was Phoebe Harrois arrested for?
coining
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what punishment did Phoebe Harris receive
burning
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how was Ann Marrow sentenced?
3 months imprisonment and pillory
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rouhly how many Huguenots were receieved in England?
40-50,000
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was lesbianism a crime?
no
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how was penetrative sex between men punished up to 1861?
death
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what was piracy a response too?
economic factors
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fisheries were only open to...
british ships
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when was the navigation act?
1696
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when was the Merchant Shipping Act?
1786
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when was the Anglo-french war?
1689-97
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when was there an Act for the Better Regulation and Governance of Seamen in the Merchant's Service.
1729
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what did the Vice-admiralty courts allow?
local trials
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what did the articles do (in regards to piracy)?
govern most aspect of shipboard life
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