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The Need for a New Punishment: England’s Criminal Justice System

Note: This post is part of a series on Convict Transportation to the American colonies. Government officials became increasingly alarmed by the rise in crime in early eighteenth century England, but its criminal justice system was woefully inadequate in stopping crime and in handling the number of criminals passing through its system. Law Enforcement Even […]

The Need for a New Punishment: Crime in England

Note: This post is part of a series on Convict Transportation to the American colonies. Why did England decide to ship its convicted felons across the Atlantic to America? To answer this question, we need to look at the changes in crime and its occurrence in early eighteenth-century England. The Rise in Property Crime The […]