PUNISHMENT 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryCrime and punishment through time (OCR History A)GCSEAQA Created by: sesimsCreated on: 14-05-14 18:28 1820 Flogging female prisoners becomes illegal. 1 of 32 1948 Flogging male prisoners is abolished. 2 of 32 1986 Illegal to use the cane in schools. 3 of 32 1953 Derek Bentley case. 4 of 32 1955 Ruth Ellis case. 5 of 32 1957 The Homicide Act - abolishes hanging for all murders except of a police office, by shooting or murder whilst resisting arrest. 6 of 32 1964 Last hanging - Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans were hanged for the murder of A.J West, a man they had set out to rob. 7 of 32 1969 Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 8 of 32 1534-1543 Rowland Lee (president of the council of Wales and the Marches) has over 5,000 people hanged. 9 of 32 1587 Mary Tudor is executed for treason after being suspected of being at the centre of the Babington Plot. 10 of 32 1837 Pillory is abolished. (head) 11 of 32 1872 Stocks are abolished. (feet) 12 of 32 1777 John Howard publishes 'The State of Prisons in England and Wales'. 13 of 32 1748 G.O Paul publishes 'Thoughts on the Alarming Progress of Jail Fever' - he believes jail fever could be stopped if prisons were sensibly designed. 14 of 32 1813 Elizabeth Fry visits Newgate. 15 of 32 1817 Elizabeth Fry establishes the Association for the Improvement of Women in Newgate Prison. 16 of 32 1985 48,000 prisoners. 17 of 32 2011 88,000 prisoners. 18 of 32 1967 Suspended sentence introduced. 19 of 32 1990s Electronic tagging introduced. 20 of 32 1972 Community service introduced. 21 of 32 1907 Probation introduced. 22 of 32 1967 Parole introduced. 23 of 32 1908 An act sets up Borstals for the punishment of 15-21 year olds. 24 of 32 1982 Borstals abolished. 25 of 32 1576 An act allows for the setting up of houses of correction based of the London Bridewell example. 26 of 32 1864/1868 1864 - A royal commission recommends an end to public execution. 1868 - Public execution ends. 27 of 32 1815 225 crimes punishable by death. 28 of 32 1823 Reform of the criminal code. Peel cuts death penalty for half of capital crimes. 29 of 32 1861 Death penalty remains for only 5 crimes. Public execution for 2. 30 of 32 1823 The Jails Act. 31 of 32 1877 Prisons Act brings all prisons under government control. 32 of 32
Three similarities between Anglo Saxon, Norman and later Medieval punishment 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating
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