present day

• new crimes: computer crime, drug-related crime, transport crime
• conscientious objectors - people who refuse to fight in war because of their religious beliefs or political objtections
• treatment of conscientious objectors - ww1


  treated very badly , 6000 sent to prison
• 1916 military act - conscription for all men aged 18-41
• prisons aimed to reform criminals and allowed them to associate with each other
• community service was introduced in 1972 as an alternative to prison
• open prisons were introduced in 1934 where criminals could leave in the day to integrate with society
• young offenders were treated differently from 1850s
• borstals - opened in 1902 to educate and reform young men
• juvenille prisons introduced in 1908 to keep children separate from adults
• derek bentley sentenced to death in 1953 - only 19 and mentally 10


  caused public outcry and changed views on capital punishment
• 1982 - neighbourhood watch encouraged local people to work with the police
• advances in technology have changed police work


  fingerprints, new transport, forensics, database, CCTV, two way radios
• women recruited to police force in 1920s
• 1971 - police bomb squad established
• homicide act 1957 - restricted death penalty to only serious cases of murder