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Every Eduqas GCSE History exam question on The historic site (crime and punishment), 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 16 questions on The historic site (crime and punishment), as a list
- June 2025, Component 2E, Q6(a) (8 marks): Describe two different prison systems used in Lincoln Castle gaol and prison between 1787 and 1878.
- June 2025, Component 2E, Q6(b) (12 marks): Explain why Lincoln Castle gaol and prison is significant in showing changing attitudes towards the punishment of prisoners over time.
- June 2024, Component 2E, Q6(a) (8 marks): Describe two main features of Lincoln Castle gaol and prison between 1787 and 1878.
- June 2024, Component 2E, Q6(b) (12 marks): Explain why Lincoln Castle gaol and prison is important in showing how the treatment of prisoners changed over time.
- June 2023, Component 2E, Q6(a) (8 marks): Describe two main aspects of daily life for prisoners in Pentonville Prison.
- June 2023, Component 2E, Q6(b) (12 marks): Explain why Pentonville Prison changed as a result of parliamentary legislation during the 19th and 20th centuries.
- June 2022, Component 2E, Q6(a) (8 marks): Describe two main forms of punishment used in Pentonville Prison.
- June 2022, Component 2E, Q6(b) (12 marks): Explain why Pentonville Prison is significant in showing changing attitudes to the treatment of prisoners over time.
- Autumn 2021, Component 2E, Q6(a) (8 marks): Describe two features of living and working conditions for convicts in the penal colony of Botany Bay.
- Autumn 2021, Component 2E, Q6(b) (12 marks): Explain why the development of Botany Bay as a penal colony was important in showing changes in the way that prisoners were treated over time.
- Autumn 2020, Component 2E, Q6(a) (8 marks): Describe two ways in which prisoners were treated on arrival in Botany Bay.
- Autumn 2020, Component 2E, Q6(b) (12 marks): Explain why the development of the penal colony in Botany Bay was significant in showing changing attitudes to the punishment of prisoners.
- June 2019, Component 2E, Q6(a) (8 marks): Describe two main features of policing in the East End of London in the late 19th century.
- June 2019, Component 2E, Q6(b) (12 marks): Explain why conditions in the East End of London in the late 19th century led to high levels of crime.
- June 2018, Component 2E, Q6(a) (8 marks): Describe two main features of life in the East End of London which led to crime in the late 19th century.
- June 2018, Component 2E, Q6(b) (12 marks): Explain why increased crime in the East End of London led to changes in policing in the late 19th century.
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