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This 16 page paper considers hat does criminal law history before 1850 tells us about the processes of change in the law and legal institutions. The paper looks at the period 1800 – 1850 and examines four areas of law and the justice system; capital and corporal punishment including the “Bloody Code”; imprisonment and transportation to Australia; juvenile and women Offenders and the fringes of criminality including vagrants, drunkards and prostitutes. The bibliography cites 17 sources.
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File: TS14_TEcrimhist.rtf
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that the law will dictate values, other argue that it will reflect values, whichever perception is taken, there is an interaction with the way law and the justice system operates
and the society in which it is observed. The periods may be static and slow, with few changes, other may see major changes. One period that can be seen as
a transition stage is that of 1800 - 18950. Many well known legal events that reflect changing values take place in the second half of the nineteenth century, but the
foundations are laid during this period facilitating the changes not only in values regarding crime and punishment, but also social attitudes and the perception and use of the law. In
this paper we will use the perception that the law is a refection of social values and attitudes, but this could easily be changed by the student. The period
between 1800 - 1860 is often perceived as having an historical parallel with the Elizabethan and early Stuart years, an increasing population, fears over poverty and crime which was seen
to be rising, aggregated by food shortages caused by different reasons (Emsley , 1987). Both were also period developing change leading to times when social change occurred (Emsley , 1987).
In many ways the examination of the way those who are accused of committing crimes are treated is also a precursor of the way that society develops wider social values.
To place this period into context, George II was on the throne and declared unfit to rule in 1811. George IV became regent in 1811 and took
the crown in 1820. He was succeeded by William IV in 1837 who was also only on the throne a short time, and succeeded by Queen Victoria in 1837, who
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