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    The modern criminal justice system has evolved from ancient times, when exile and corporal punishment like mutilation and flogging were common. Incarceration became more widely used in the 19th century. William Penn initiated early correctional reforms in the U.S. in the late 17th century, replacing cruel punishments with jails. These reforms were later revived under pressure from Quakers and led to a drop in crime. The first official criminal justice system was created by the British during the American Revolution to justify hangings to citizens.

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    The modern criminal justice system has evolved from ancient times, when exile and corporal punishment like mutilation and flogging were common. Incarceration became more widely used in the 19th century. William Penn initiated early correctional reforms in the U.S. in the late 17th century, replacing cruel punishments with jails. These reforms were later revived under pressure from Quakers and led to a drop in crime. The first official criminal justice system was created by the British during the American Revolution to justify hangings to citizens.

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    The modern criminal justice system has evolved from ancient times, when exile and corporal punishment like mutilation and flogging were common. Incarceration became more widely used in the 19th century. William Penn initiated early correctional reforms in the U.S. in the late 17th century, replacing cruel punishments with jails. These reforms were later revived under pressure from Quakers and led to a drop in crime. The first official criminal justice system was created by the British during the American Revolution to justify hangings to citizens.

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    History: History of Criminal Justice

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    Main article:  History of criminal justice

    Prisoners at a whipping post in a Delaware prison, c. 1907

    The modern criminal justice system has evolved since ancient times, with new forms of punishment,
    added rights for offenders and victims, and policing reforms. These developments have reflected
    changing customs, political ideals, and economic conditions. In ancient times through the Middle
    Ages, exile was a common form of punishment. During the Middle Ages, payment to the victim (or the
    victim's family), known as wergild, was another common punishment, including for violent crimes. For
    those who could not afford to buy their way out of punishment, harsh penalties included various forms
    of corporal punishment. These included mutilation, branding, and flogging, as well as execution.
    Though a prison, Le Stinche, existed as early as the 14th century in Florence, Italy,[17] incarceration was
    not widely used until the 19th century. Correctional reform in the United States was first initiated
    by William Penn, towards the end of the 17th century. For a time, Pennsylvania's criminal code was
    revised to forbid torture and other forms of cruel punishment, with jails and prisons replacing corporal
    punishment. These reforms were reverted, upon Penn's death in 1718. Under pressure from a group
    of Quakers, these reforms were revived in Pennsylvania toward the end of the 18th century, and led to a
    marked drop in Pennsylvania's crime rate. Patrick Colquhoun, Henry Fielding and others led significant
    reforms during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. [18]
    The first official criminal justice system was created by the British during the American Revolution, as they
    created the system to primarily justify hangings to the citizens of their government. In each selected area
    or/and district there was a magistrate that in today's time would be known as a judge. These individuals
    were in charge of determining if the Crown or also known as the British government had enough evidence
    to hang an individual for a crime. The British would not always hang an individual for committing a crime,
    there would also be trials for punishments that would be carried out by cleaning ships, prison ships, or be
    locked up on British mainland. During the American revolution the primary type of punishment was to be
    hanged or sent to prison ships such as the notorious HMS Jersey. After the American revolution the
    British-based criminal justice system was then adopted by other developing nations (Such as the United

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