The Victorian Justice System
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- The Victorian Justice System
- The Justice System
- Catching the criminal
- Most prosecutions were not carried out by the police
- they were mostly started by private citizens
- Most prosecutions were not carried out by the police
- The Courts and Judiciary
- Trials in court were often very quick
- Prosecutors, judges and jurors had more power and choice
- Witnesses, Lawyers and Juries
- It was rare for the accused to have a defence lawyer
- In a capital case prosecutors, judges, and jurors had lots of flexibility in how they interpreted the law
- The prosecutor and the defendant were not entitled to any form of legal aid
- The average prisoner didn't get any legal help because it cost too much
- Evidence of previous convictions was heard before sentence was passed.
- The industrial revolution made life the worst it had been for a long time. The crime rate increased rapidly with more theft, rioting and public disturbances.
- Catching the criminal
- Prison Ships
- 'Hulks'
- Old sailing ships at south coast harbours or on the Thames at Woolwich
- Two thirds of all prisoners were on the hulks
- The rise in crime caused a shortage of prisons, so the hulks were used to hold prisoners
- The Hulks were sent to Australia.
- Originally used as holding prisons for people waiting to be transported
- During outbreaks of cholera, large numbers of prisoners died because of the conditions and water taken from the polluted Thames was used for everything
- Prisoners were chained to their bunks at night to stop them from slipping
- 'Hulks'
- The Justice System
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