📚 Part 1: Key Knowledge Check

1. Which of these was NOT a medieval method of punishment?

Stocks and pillory

Transportation to Australia

Hanging

Trial by ordeal

2. What was the main purpose of the Bloody Code (1688-1815)?

To reduce crime through harsh punishments

To improve prison conditions

To create new police forces

To reform the court system

3. Which reformer is associated with improving prison conditions in the 19th century?

Robert Peel

Elizabeth Fry

Derek Bentley

Henry Fielding

4. Select ALL factors that led to increased crime in industrial towns (1750-1900):

Population growth and overcrowding

Poverty and unemployment

Lack of effective policing

Better education systems

5. Complete the sentence: The Metropolitan Police Force was established in _______ by _______.

Year: _____________ Reformer: _____________________

✏️ Part 2: Historical Analysis

6. Explain why transportation to America ended in 1776.

7. Describe TWO ways that punishment changed between 1700 and 1900.

8. How convincing is the interpretation that the introduction of professional police forces was the most important factor in reducing crime in the 19th century? (12 marks)

Consider: effectiveness of police, other factors like social reforms, education, changes in punishment

🎯 Part 3: Timeline Challenge

9. Place these developments in chronological order (1-5):

____ Abolition of public executions

____ End of transportation to Australia

____ Establishment of Metropolitan Police

____ Opening of Pentonville Prison

____ Introduction of the separate system

10. Name ONE similarity and ONE difference between medieval and modern approaches to preventing crime.

Similarity: _________________________________________________

Difference: _________________________________________________

Crime and Punishment Revision

Crime and Punishment Revision

📚 Part 1: Key Knowledge Check

✏️ Part 2: Historical Analysis

🎯 Part 3: Timeline Challenge

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