In this section you will find resources to help with the following exam questions:

• What can we learn from this source about Public Execution? (4 marks)
• Choose one of the people in the diagram and explain their contribution to Prison Reform.  (9 marks)
• Explain the rise and fall of the Bloody Code. (12 marks)

 

 

What can we learn from this source about Public Execution?

4 marks

 

 

 

 

Point: The source suggests that public execution attracted a lot of attention from the public.

Point: According to the source people had different reactions to public execution.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why did public execution end in 1868?

 

Choose one of the people in the diagram and explain their contribution to Prison Reform.

9 Marks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explain the rise and fall of the Bloody Code.

12 Marks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explain why the case of Derek Bentley changed attitudes to Capital Punishment.

(9 marks)

 

 

 

 

 

How effective was the punishment of Transportation?

 

• Six men transported for swearing an illegal oath to protect the wages of labourers.  

• This was only a real crime in the navy.

• They were sentenced to 7 years’ transportation, but some were released early following a public protest.

 

 

For more information check out the following posts:

Crime and Punishment through time

The Bloody Code

Prison Reform

How Important was Robert Peel?

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