Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Molesworth Commission
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1837-1838: The Select Committee on Transportation, known...
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1837-1838
The Select Committee on Transportation
, known also as the Molesworth Commission, heard reports on the appalling treatment of convicts in Australia; transportation continued for another twenty years, virtually unreformed.
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
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Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
