Criminal Lives 1780-1925: Punishing Old Bailey Convicts

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Allwork Larissa, Robert Shoemaker and Tim Hitchcock 2017. Criminal Lives 1780-1925: Punishing Old Bailey Convicts. London Metropolitan Archives.
AuthorsAllwork Larissa, Robert Shoemaker and Tim Hitchcock
Abstract

Between 1700 and 1900 the British government stopped punishing the bodies of London’s convicts and increasingly sought to exile them and/or reform their minds. From hanging, branding and whipping the response to crime shifted to transportation and imprisonment. By the nineteenth century, judges chose between two contrasting forms of punishments: exile and forced labour in Australia, or incarceration in strictly controlled ‘reformatory’ prisons at home. This exhibition, based on material from London Metropolitan Archives and the AHRC funded Digital Panopticon research project, traces the impact of punishments on individual lives. It follows the men, women and children convicted in London from their crimes and trials through to their experiences of punishment and their subsequent lives.

KeywordsCrime; Prison; Transportation; History
Year2017
PublisherLondon Metropolitan Archives
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623251
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Publication dates11 Dec 2017
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ContributorsAHRC Digital Panopticon
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