History GCSE
The Bloody Code
What The Bloody Code means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of The Bloody Code
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A system that imposed the death penalty for minor crimes and was dismantled as juries refused to convict and it failed to deter crime.
Topics that use The Bloody Code
- Option 10: c1700–c1900: Crime and punishment in eighteenth- and nineteenth- century Britain - 2 The nature of law enforcement and punishment (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- CID
- Prison reform
- The purpose of punishment
- Transportation
- 'Hue and Cry' newspaper
- Bow Street Runners
- Metropolitan Police Act
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