What is the name for the fast growth of towns and cities, and the movement of people into them?
Industrialisation
Urbanisation
Enlightenment
What happened to the crime rate between 1750 and 1850?
It went down
It stayed the same
It increased
What did Robert Peel set up in 1829?
The Bow Street Runners
The Metropolitan Police Force
Pentonville prison
Which of the following was not a new form of hanging?
The quick drop
The new drop
The long drop
To which location were most criminals transported between 1787 and 1868?
America
The Caribbean
Australia
Which of the following was still being used after 1868?
Transportation
Public execution
Hard labour in prisons
In 1750, over half of the prisoners in gaols were there for what reason?
Awaiting trial
Being in debt
Minor offences
Which Quaker was very influential in reforming prisons in the 19th century?
Elizabeth Fry
John Howard
John Fielding
Which of the following regulations did not form part of the 1823 Gaol Act?
Prisoners should have their own cell to sleep in
Female prisoners should only be supervised by female wardens
Prisoners should be released early for good behaviour
Which ‘crisis’ in the 1860s led to politicians passing legislation to make prison conditions harsher again?
Escaped convicts
Widespread highway robbery
The garrotting of several people in London