Punishment

• What happened to the death penalty?

  Abolished
• Key dates regarding the death penalty?

  1950 15 people were executed a year

  1957 Homicide Act restricted the Death Penalty to the most serious cases of murder (Capital Murder)

  1965 Murder Act suspended the Death Penalty for murder for 5 years

  1969 Murder Act amendment - Made 1965 Act permanent
• When was the homicide Act?

  1957
• When was the Murder Act?

  1965
• When was the Murder Act amendment?

  1969
• When was the Death Penalty officially demolished?

  1998

  The last case was in 1964

  Remained a punishment but was never used
• What happened to the role of government in regards to the death penalty?

  Government heavily divided on the Death penalty

  House of Lords blocked two attempts from the House of Commons to abolish the death penalty before it happened.
• Who was the Home Secretary in 1965 when the murder act was established?

  Roy Jenkins had a large role in getting the death penalty abolished
• What were the changing attitudes in society towards punishment?

  Childrens Act 1908

  Young Persons Act 1933

  Infanticide Act 1922

  Focusing on Rehabilitation instead of serve punishments
• What was the Children's Act and when was it?

  Under 16s couldn't be sentenced to death
• What did the the Young Persons Act do?

  1933

  Raised Age limit to 18
• What was the Infanticide Act?

  1922

  Protected women who killed their child shortly after childbirth

  Recognised that mental state could be affected by pregnancy
• What were common changes to the prison system?

  Introduction of Mental health hospitals

  Prison Alternatives eg Probation and House Arrest

  Focused on rehabilitation and life after prison
• What was a Borstal?

  Reformation School for Young Criminals

  Used education and work to reduce re-offending rates
• Evaluation of Use of Borstals?

  Continued today but have a much lower success rate

  A higher re-offending rate today
• What did Youth Justice reforms aim to do?

  Focused on rehabilitation and life after imprisonment
• When was hard labour abolished in prisons?

  1948
• Examples of Alternative Punishments to Prison?

  Probation

  House Arrest

  Community Service

  Electronic Tagging/Tracking

  Restraining orders