Criminal Justice/Women's rights
Women weren't allowed to _______ after getting married.
Divorce
Prisons were commonly _______, ______, _____, and ________.
Unsanitary, overcrowded, damp, and violent
What was a common form of punishment?
Death/public execution
What form of justice (Urban/Rural) had formal legal systems?
Urban
What was the average time for trials?
8 minutes
Punishments were _____ and ____ ____ were common
Punishments were harsh and public executions were common.
True or False:
The auburn system was created in New York
True!
What were two kinds of labor given as punishments?
Child Labor and Hard labor
What's the difference between Urban and Rural?
Urban was more formalized/professional and had less harsh punishments
Rural wasn't and still had unprofessional police and harsh punishments
True/False:
Trials were open to the public
True
Which labor laws had not existed yet?
Child labor laws
Who did they use to rely on to maintain order and address crimes?
Watchmen, Constables, Citizen Patrols
B______ and m_______ were also harsh forms of punishment.
Brandings and mutilations were also a form of harsh punishment
What were the four unfair rural justices?
1) Informal legal systems
2) Lack of professional law enforcement
3) Trail by peers
4) Harsher Punishments
What penalty increased the average number of court hearings a day?
Death Penalty
Why was there child labor? What was the problem with it?
Factory owners preferred hiring children because they were cheaper, less likely to strike, and more manageable than adults. But the children would be injured or even killed.
What are the 6 extra privileges that you can get with money?
1) Private rooms 4) Letters going in and out
2) Keeping pets 5) Books to read
3) More visits 6) Better food
a child working in a factory worked 12 to 18 hours a day and six days a week, all to gain $__
One dollar
What were the four urban justices?
Formal Legal Systems
Professional Law Enforcement
Legal Professionals
Less harsh punishments
Defendants were rarely bailed out because of the lack of _______.
Lawyers
Why did women have limited education?
Women had limited education because it was believed that academic study was against women's nature and that too much knowledge could affect women's fertility.
What was the Auburn system? And what were some cons?
The Auburn system was focused on more rehabilitative than harsh punishment but then led to overcrowding, the spread of diseases, violence, health issues, etc.
Name 7 different types of punishments
- public execution
- hard labor
- child labor
- death penalties
- fines
- brandings
- mutilations
Rural communities were more isolated from other communities. How does the isolation of these communities affect their beliefs/rules in the justice system?
- isolation leads to more conservative beliefs
- isolation can lead to a greater emphasis on self-reliance
- isolation can make them more resistant to legal reforms in laws that were happening in the urban areas
Did judges have more power now or back then? Why?
Judges had more power back then because of the lack of evidence