Kids (like Oliver Twist) were punished in ways designed to break them; poor people convicted of relatively minor offenses were transported to Australia, or given publicly humiliating forms of punishment; police had unchecked and violent power over the poor.
Los niños (como Oliver Twist) recibían castigos destinados a quebrarlos; la gente pobre acusada de delitos relativamente menores era transportada a Australia o recibía castigos humillantes en público; la policía ejercía un poder violento y sin restricciones sobre los pobres.&#160;