Modern (1900-now) Flashcards
(7 cards)
present day crimes
driving offences- this was an old crime aswell (highway robbery)
drug taking and dealing- has been used for medication in the past but is now illegal
people trafficking/slavery- new crime due to technology
smuggling - old crime but now mainly used for cheap cigarrettes/alcohol/drugs
terrorism- the gunpowder plot was a terrorism attack but wasnt called it then
cybercrimes- mainly new due to technology
homophobic crime- reversed as it used to be illegal to be homosexual
race crime - risen due to immigrants after ww2
domestic violence- womens votes changed this
abortion- crime reversed
development of law enforcement
1900-photographs
1937- 999 introduced
1969 two way radio
specialist police units
-fraud squad
-dog handling units
factors that led to the abolition of the death penalty
it was now seen as unchristian and barbaric (mostly due to the holocaust)
new attitudes put pressure on the gov to change its ways
innocent people being murdered
newspapers and tv spreading news
religion
wrongly convicted criminals (timothy evans, derek bentley, ruth ellis) made sympathy from the public
case study of derek bentley
derek bentley was 18 with severe learning disabilities and mental age of 10.
-in 1952, bentley and 16 year old christopher craig burgled a warehouse in london
- craig had a gun and gave bentley a knife
-police arrived and asked craig to give them the gun
- bentley shouted ‘let him have it, chris’ and craig shot the officer
- bentley didnt attack or try to escape
- craig shot more officers and then jumped off the building
- bentley and craig were charged with murder under joint enterprise, craig was arrested as he was 16, bentley faced death penalty
-protests and public outcrys were made to support bentley due to the circumstances.
- this and the cases of ruth ellis and timothy evans were seen as undeserving and helped towards the abolishment of the death penalty.
present day prison reforms
probation introduced
abolition of harsh labour
open prisons
parole
community service
electronic tagging
rise in prison population
education
punishment of young people
1900-borstals
1940-youth detention centres (less strict than borstals)
1960-juvenile courts
present day- youth centres, fines for parents, electronic tagging, community service
conscientious objectors
new law to say its illegal to not take part in the war.
‘conscience clause’ gave men a chance to not go to war due to their feelings towards war such as religion, politics or ethical.
these were seen as cowards, traitors and unpatriotic.
