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Crime And Punishment In The 1800s

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Imagine that you stole some bread to feed your dying family, and you got caught and found guilty. You go to court and the judge sends you to the state penitentiary. When you got there you were fed one meal a day, and your worked out in the sun all day everyday. You didn't even get a bed to sleep in. After about a month is this you were home in front of the whole village. If you lived in the 1800 this is what it would have been like. Especially if you are lower class or colored. This is a point in my essay where I tell you about all the things about crime and punishment that you might not have ever heard….. The topics that will be in this essay is going to be the impact of the media, the relation that the economic and race had on the punishment, …show more content…

The first point that that I would like to mention would be.” criminals often have inherent flaws which lead to Deviance through weakness or moral Deficiency.” (Harvey). This shows it as late as criminal get away with crimes they get more confident and have to up The level of crimes they are committing. This could lead to very dangerous outcome. The second point I would like to mention would be.” In the 18th century England the government was in the hands of a small group of men with enormous economic and political power.”(Harvey). This shows it these people let the economic and political power get to their heads and they thought that they ruled the world and to do anything today pleased. Also thought that they could punish people however they wanted. The third point that I have is.” Between 1700s and 1900s a system for Milyer to our eyes emerged as a result of important changes and substantive law procedure, punishment and prosecution.”(Harvey). This shows the advances and equipment to keep up with the criminals who were breaking the law daily. It also helped catch the things that might slide by a normal officer. The fourth and final point I am going to mention is.” The number of capital statuses greatly increased from the late 17 to the early 19th century and the growth of the capital code has been charted in detail.”(Harvey). This shows that the majority of people were beginning to like the capital punishment. Because list crimes were being committed while doing

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