Why did capital punishment end in 1965?
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- Changes in Punishment/ Why did capital punishment end in 1965?
- Start of the 20th century
- capital punishment was still used, to punish murder
- 1965 capital punishment for murder was abolished
- The 1940s Labour government introduced many radical welfare and social reforms inc. reforms concerning youth justice
- many new ideas about the purpose of prison and the treatment prisoners shoudl expect in prison
- Attitudes in society were changing
- Derek Bentley case
- 1953 controversial case that resulted in many people disagreeing with the use of the death penalty
- Derek Bentley case
- New laws were being introduced
- people like Roy Jenkins (home secretary) had a big influence on this change
- What punishments other than prison are used today?
- Community service
- people convicted of minor offences are ordered to do supervised work to improve their local community
- Electronic tagging
- the tag monitors the criminals movements
- Drug and alcohol testing/ treatment programmes
- offers help and treatment for their addiction
- Restorative justice
- a criminal meets the victim or a relative of the victim and sees the damage they have done
- ABSO
- A court places restrictions on what a person can do e.g. counselling
- Community service
- Start of the 20th century
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