'The Victorian prison was a more 'civilized' method of punishment than hanging'
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:30:25
Category: / Science & Technology / Zoology
Length: 8 pages (2195 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Zoology
Length: 8 pages (2195 words)
In this essay, an argument will be shown that will make it apparent that Victorian prisons were indeed a more civilized way of dealing with criminals, as opposed to subjecting them to a public hanging. There could have been better ways of dealing with Victorian prisoners, such as rehabilitation schemes and re-education schools, however a prison sentence was still a more humane option than the alternative of being publicly hanged and up to 1793 burned afterwards. …
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…Phillip, Victorian prison lives 1830-1914 (London and New York: Methuen, 1985)
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Roberts, Andrew 7.3.2000/crimeline - Crimtim: A criminology and deviancy theory history timeline <http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/crimtim.htm> Middlesex University
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