c1900 - present: modern britain

• Changes to policing in modern britain:

  • motorised transport means that police can reach crimes faster
  • better technology, such as personal radios
  • neighbourhood watch
  • better forensic science
  • DNA analysis
  • CCTV
  • fingerprints
  • blood splatter analysis
• Capital punishment was last used in 1964, and was completely abolished in 1998 because:

  • ideas about punishment had changed
  • controversial cases in the 1950's led people to question the use of capital punishment
• Since 1907, prisoners have been released on probation, and put back in prison if they reoffend.
• In 1948, hard labour and corporal punishment in prisons were abolished.
• Borstals were set up in the early 1900's. They used work and education to try and stop young offenders from reoffending.
• New types of punishment:

  • community service
  • house arrest / electronic tagging
• In 1953, Derek Bentley was hanged for murder, depsite not being the one to shoot.