Crime and Punishment: Punishments Through Time

Q1) What does the Term Wergild mean?

• Compensation

• Debt

• Fine

Which time period was the Blood feud used?

• Saxon

• Normans

• Later Middle Ages

• Early Modern

Which of the following was NOT a Norman punishment?

• Kings Mund

• Murdrum Fine

• Hangings

• Hanged, drawn and quartered

Which period saw the most hangings?

• Norman

• Saxon

What was hang, drawn and quartered a punishment for?

• Poaching

• Treason

• High treason

• Theft

What % of people were charged with the Bloody Code?

• 90%

• 95%

• 5%

• 10%

Which of the following are NOT a reason why Transportation was started?

• Prisons were not working

• Got criminals off the streets

• Colonies could be built up

• It terrified people

What was the name of Act which improved prison conditions?

• Jails Act

• Prison Reform

• Gaols Act

Pentonville prison implemented which system?

(a)  

Which politician introduced the Gaols Act?

• Winston Churchill

• Robert Peel

• Harriet Fry

• John Howard