Victorian Crime and Punishment

Question 1

What were some common crimes and punishments for said crimes in Victorian England?

Answer 1

Crimes: Pickpocketing, fraud, and corpse trade
Punishments: Death, drafting, prison

Question 2

How do Victorian prisons compare to modern day prisons?

Answer 2

Victorian: Forced labor, overcrowded, unhealthy
Modern-day: Secure, better conditions, focus on rehabilitation
Both: separate genders

Question 3

Upper class vs. Working class crimes?

Answer 3

Upper class: fraud, embezzlement
Working class: petty theft

Question 4

What class was most often punished/ imprisoned?

Answer 4

working class

Question 5

What is a local prison?

Answer 5

Not comfortable, no gov control, harsh punishment

Question 6

Convict prison

Answer 6

cleaner than local, had standards, focused on reform

Question 7

Conditions of prison

Answer 7

damp, unsanitary, overcrowded

Question 8

How were convicts treated upon release?

Answer 8

Didn’t have anything, treated poorly

Question 9

Deubtors prison

Answer 9

People who fell into debut

Question 10

What was 19th century economy based on why did this cause so much debut?

Answer 10

Economy based on credit people couldn’t pay off debut bc shortage of coins

Question 11

What is an example of a debutor’s prison and significance?

Answer 11

Manchelsa, charle’s dicken’s novel was set there