Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain.
The principle that the severity of a punishment should directly match the severity of the crime committed.
Proportionality appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Crime and Punishment in Britain and Whitechapel, especially Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain and Case Studies: Pentonville Prison and Robert Peel.
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