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Information about each punishment can be found on this website: http://vcp.e2bn.org/justice/. How would you have punished criminals during the Industrial Revolution?. Key Words Punishment Treadmill Crank Gaol. How are people punished today and what is its purpose?. What is this a model of?.
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Information about each punishment can be found on this website:http://vcp.e2bn.org/justice/
How would you have punished criminals during the Industrial Revolution? Key Words Punishment Treadmill Crank Gaol
What types of evidence could be gathered against possible criminals?
Describe life on prison ships using detail from this picture
Task • http://vcp.e2bn.org/case_studies/ • Go to this website • Choose a case • Watch/listen to the “The Case” • Then click on the activities and discuss in groups • (Examples on the following slides)
John Walker – Onion Stealer? • Was Walker simply a poor man stealing food because he had nothing else to eat, or was he a hardened criminal and a menace to society? • Was Walker's sentence of seven years penal servitude fair? • Why was his sentence so harsh in comparison? • What do these sentences show us about the feelings of the authorities towards criminals and troublemakers?
The Case of Henry Catlin What kind of childhood did Henry have and did his childhood experience make him commit the offenses? Why was such a young person sentenced to such a long term of transportation? What was it like to be transported? What happened to Henry Catlin as a result of transportation?