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This website is all about Crime and Punishment in the UK in the 19th Century. We have a prisoner database with actual prisoner records and case studies for a more in-depth view of the crimes and trials of some of the inmates.
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The development of forensic science in the 19th century
A case study for Key Stage 3, Britain 1750 - 1900 and GCSE HistoryThis case study outlines the case... Sarah Dazley - Murder case study ![]() ![]()
Victorians were worried about the rising crime rate: offences went up from about 5,000 per year in 1800 to about 20,000 per year in 1840. They were firm believers in punishment for criminals.
19th Century Justice ![]()
NAME: Thomas Ridgway
AGE: 52 CRIME: Obtaining by false pretences four promissory notes of £10 each, one sovereign and two half sovereigns the property of one Thomas Dunvant at Leighton Buzzard on the 26th July 1864. Full record... ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
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