In the nineteenth century why did criminals continue to break the law when the punishment was so barbaric? Despite the Industrial Revolution, crime was on the rise. Was crime due to poverty and the lack of education, more prosperity-induced than poverty-induced, or was it based on where you came from? The Penal System in England during the nineteenth century did not seem fair. Regardless of the reasoning for criminal activity, the punishment didn’t seem to fit the crime. Undoubtedly, crime rates were high among children in England during the nineteenth century. There was no formal education and parents were not doing their job teaching their children right from wrong. Crime seemed to be the pastime for children because of a lack of
