CCJS 342 QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED ANSWERS.
, Code of Hammurabi - ANSWEREarliest recorded law; lex talionis; "an eye for an eye"
Draconian Code of Ancient Greece - ANSWER- Erased distinction under the law btw
citizens and slaves
-Punishments included stoning to death, throwing offenders off cliffs, binding to a stake,
destruction of offender, destruction of house
Law of the Twelve Tables - ANSWER-Punishment included being forced into slavery,
exile, death, imprisonment brutal physical punishment
- Influence European punishment
The Middle Ages - ANSWER- Punishment becomes a public spectacle
- Gov't authority grew, leading to development of criminal law system
- breakdown of feudalism, emergence of middle class
Trial by Ordeal - ANSWER- relied on divine intervention to determine guilt or innocence
- Most common- ordeal by hot water
- Others- ordeal by hot iron, ordeal by cold water
Public Executions - ANSWER- London Bridge
- displayed for deterrence
- Execution Methods- boiled alive, broken on the wheel, burned internally, hanging,
drawn & quartered, beheading
Transportation - ANSWER- relocation of convicted offenders to another country or
region
- American Colonies & Australia'
- could be sold into indentured servitude
- After American Revolution no more britain
Galley Slavery - ANSWER- Forcing men to row ships
- used for slave & prisoners of war
- used as a reprive from the gallows
Southern Penology - ANSWER- Prisons built under both PA & NY model
- Lease system: inmates were leased to contractors for labor
- Penal farms: state- run plantations
Prison Hulks - ANSWER-Decommissioned ships converted into prisons
-Vernon C. Bain Center, part of the NYC Dept of Corrections (800 beds, largest prison)
Pre- 1800s Incarceration - ANSWER- Primarily used for those awaiting trial
- lots of pop needing- beggars, orphans, insane, impoverished, nameless.
- No distinction btw jail & prison
DETAILED ANSWERS.
, Code of Hammurabi - ANSWEREarliest recorded law; lex talionis; "an eye for an eye"
Draconian Code of Ancient Greece - ANSWER- Erased distinction under the law btw
citizens and slaves
-Punishments included stoning to death, throwing offenders off cliffs, binding to a stake,
destruction of offender, destruction of house
Law of the Twelve Tables - ANSWER-Punishment included being forced into slavery,
exile, death, imprisonment brutal physical punishment
- Influence European punishment
The Middle Ages - ANSWER- Punishment becomes a public spectacle
- Gov't authority grew, leading to development of criminal law system
- breakdown of feudalism, emergence of middle class
Trial by Ordeal - ANSWER- relied on divine intervention to determine guilt or innocence
- Most common- ordeal by hot water
- Others- ordeal by hot iron, ordeal by cold water
Public Executions - ANSWER- London Bridge
- displayed for deterrence
- Execution Methods- boiled alive, broken on the wheel, burned internally, hanging,
drawn & quartered, beheading
Transportation - ANSWER- relocation of convicted offenders to another country or
region
- American Colonies & Australia'
- could be sold into indentured servitude
- After American Revolution no more britain
Galley Slavery - ANSWER- Forcing men to row ships
- used for slave & prisoners of war
- used as a reprive from the gallows
Southern Penology - ANSWER- Prisons built under both PA & NY model
- Lease system: inmates were leased to contractors for labor
- Penal farms: state- run plantations
Prison Hulks - ANSWER-Decommissioned ships converted into prisons
-Vernon C. Bain Center, part of the NYC Dept of Corrections (800 beds, largest prison)
Pre- 1800s Incarceration - ANSWER- Primarily used for those awaiting trial
- lots of pop needing- beggars, orphans, insane, impoverished, nameless.
- No distinction btw jail & prison
