How were criminals punished between c1500-1700?
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- Created on: 03-06-18 13:47
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- How were criminals punished between c1500-1700?
- Early Prisons
- It was a secure room in the local castle or gatehouse where offenders were held, until their trials were carried out.
- It was introduced in the 16th century.
- The inmates were punished by doing hard labour and were encouraged habits of hard work.
- Petty criminals, vagrants and drunk and disorderly offenders were punished here.
- The limitations...
- This sort of early prison did not work that well
- A new, more purposeful type of prison was opened up.
- to punish poor people who had broken the law.
- to house poor children who were homeless or orphaned.
- Bloody Code
- It was the intention at the time of creating a strong deterrent so that crime rates would reduce.
- It was introduced during the 17th century.
- It punished criminals by the death penalty - even for small crimes e.g. poaching for food
- It punished anyone that had committed a crime "worthy" of capital punishment.
- The limitations were...
- system = flawed and ineffective
- penalties = too harsh
- criminals could receive a pardon
- Transportation to North America
- It was a new form of punishment, where transported prisoners were taken in chains to the east coast of North America.
- It started in 1610 and ended in 1776.
- It punished the criminals by making them work for a fixed period doing manual labour - cleaning trees or doing farm work.
- It punished people who were meant to be executed but instead were transported - especially young men
- The limitations were...
- People who were later freed could not go back home because they could not afford the price to get back.
- Otherwise it was successful.
- Early Prisons
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