Modern Britain - Punishment Flashcards
When was capital punishment last used
1964
When was capital punishment completely abolished?
1999
what was considered my important in terms of ideas about punishment?
reform & paying back to society
When was Derek Bentley hung?
1953
The case of Derek Bentley
hung for murder - even though he didn’t shoot the gun & he had serious learning difficulties
underage friend got prison time
significance of Derek Bentley case?
-highlighted differences in punishment for murder (some hung, some sentenced to prison)
-increased number of people who were critical of death penalty as a fair & just punishment
changes in prisons?
-different prisons for different crimes:
open prisons & high-security prisons
-probation & watched by probation officers
-1948 - hard labour & corporal punishment in prisons abolished
-separate prisons established for young people
-borstals - work & education to try reduce re-offending rates
-women + men persons differ
New punishments?
-community sentences
-antisocial behaviour orders
-electronic tagging
Rehabilitation?
-prisons today try to reduce re-offending rates through education & treating new skills
-mixed success & general public do not always support as can be portrayed as ‘holiday camp’
what year was hard labour & corporal punishments in prisons abolished?
1948
How many people were given total exemption on grounds of conscience in WW1?
400
How many people were given total exemption on grounds of conscience in WW2?
over 12,000
