Chapter 87: 18th-Century Reform: Beccaria, Howard and Criticism of the Bloody Code

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86. Early Modern Punishments: Public Execution, Transportation and the Bloody Code

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Understand the key principles behind 18th-Century Reform: Beccaria, Howard and Criticism of the Bloody Code.
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