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4a Look carefully
at the photographs and the details of each prisoner. What can you learn
from these photographs about the prisoners in Oxford gaol? Think about
who they were, their ages and crimes.
4b Which
of their crimes is the most serious in your opinion and why?
4c
Would similar sentences be given today for these crimes?
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These photographs show four
prisoners from Oxford Gaol. Their photographs were taken because the government
was trying to prove a theory that criminals looked different from other
people. They were hoping to use the photographs to reach conclusions about
what criminals looked like so that they could then be easily spotted!
[ D=Days, HL=Hard Labour, Stlg=Stealing]
(Catalogue ref: PCOM 2/352) |
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