Robert Peel (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Peel's role in 1820s
Peel's role in 1820s
Home Secretary
Legal system w/ 200+ death penalty crimes
Legal system w/ 200+ death penalty crimes
Bloody Code
Capital crimes Peel reduced in 1823
Capital crimes Peel reduced in 1823
100 offences
Year Gaols Act passed
Year Gaols Act passed
1823
Gaols Act: prison staff change
Gaols Act: prison staff change
Paid gaolers
Gaols Act: prisoner restraint change
Gaols Act: prisoner restraint change
Removal of chains
Gaols Act: spiritual provision
Gaols Act: spiritual provision
Regular chaplain visits
Main limitation of Gaols Act reforms
Main limitation of Gaols Act reforms
No inspectors to enforce rules
Year Metropolitan Police Act
Year Metropolitan Police Act
1829
Nickname for Met Police officers
Nickname for Met Police officers
Peelers
Year Peel formed London police committee
Year Peel formed London police committee
1822
Central aim of Metropolitan Police
Central aim of Metropolitan Police
Crime prevention & maintaining order
Met Police use of force approach
Met Police use of force approach
Unarmed, minimum force as last resort
Reformer who aided Peel on prisons
Reformer who aided Peel on prisons
Elizabeth Fry