Without any kind of police force, some eighteenth century magistrates set up their own teams of constables. What was John Fielding's force called?
  • Bow Street Runners
  • Fielding's Runners
  • Rochester Row Runners
  • Bow Street Boys
The Gordon Riots, of 1780, in London lasted for five days. What was the issue involved?
  • Anti-French opinion
  • Anti-Roman Catholic feeling
  • Hunger
  • Unemployment
A form of mutilation punishment was finally abolished in The thumb or the cheek were normally chosen to be burnt. What was this practice called?
  • Branding
  • Marking
  • Engraving
  • Scorching
There were still areas of towns and cities where the forces of law and order were reluctant to go during this period. What were such zones called?
  • No go areas
  • Off limits zones
  • Rookeries
  • Forbidden areas
In the early nineteenth century there were sites in London where public executions could be observed. One was Newgate, where was the other, situated near to Marble Arch?
  • Moorfields
  • Coram Fields
  • Tyburn
  • Pentonville
In 1829 the Home Secretary, Sir Robert Peel, set up the Metropolitan Police. They were dubbed "Peelers". What other name was used?
  • Bobbies
  • The Old Bill
  • Rozzers
  • The Boys in Blue
Instead of being transported some prisoners were held in disused ships moored in the Thames Estuary. What was this accommodation called?
  • Prison Ships
  • The Hulks
  • The Wrecks
  • The Medway Boats
Corporal punishment in the army was abolished in What was it called?
  • Flogging
  • Whipping
  • Birching
  • Scourging
Another form of punishment was abolished in This involved humiliating the victim, whose arms were stuck in a static wooden structure while the crowd hurled abuse and other things. What was this called?
  • The stocks
  • The pillory
  • The judicial mask
  • The crucifix
A professional detective organisation was set up within the police from What was it called?
  • Scotland Yard
  • The CID
  • The Special Patrol Group
  • The Special Constabulary
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