Criminology Essay - Criminal Justice

The crime rate in Britain will only be significantly reduced if the death penalty is introduced for a wide range of serious and persistent offenders.

This criminology essay analyses the past and future of the death penalty in Britain, examining the rationale for abolition in 1965 together with the potential and merits of re-introduction in the future.

The death penalty was abolished in 1965 in Britain following a 1953 Royal Commission and pressure by abolitionist groups. While the 1953 Report went outside its remit, to examine the effectiveness of hanging, it addressed the issues of deterrence and retribution; often heralded as the twin foundations of the death penalty and consequently used as the main arguments for the failure of the...

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