18th & 19th Century Britain - Changing Views on the Purpose of Punishment

Question 1

When did transportation to America begin?

Answer 1

1610

Question 2

When was The Gaol Act?

Answer 2

1774

Question 3

How many people transported to Australia?

Answer 3

over 160,000 people

Question 4

What changed in 18th & 19th Century Britain in term of punishment?

Answer 4

transportation & public executions stopped & imprisonment as punishment increased

Question 5

When did the number of capital crimes reach its peak?

Answer 5

222 in 1810

Question 6

What was the change in purpose of punishment?

Answer 6

now more about rehabilitating the offender

Question 7

When did public executions end?

Answer 7

1868

Question 8

What forms of punishment increased?

Answer 8

-transportation
-imprisonment

Question 9

Why did transportation to Australia end in 1868?

Answer 9

-Australia no longer needed forced labourers and didn’t want ‘criminals’
-too expensive
-not enough of a deterrent to crime
-too harsh
-more prisons built & prison was increasingly used