c1900–Present: Crime & Punishment in Modern Britain (Edexcel GCSE History: The Thematic & Historic Environment (Paper 1))

Witchcraft. The internet has made it easier for people to accuse women of being witches.

Fraud. People may threaten to expose information unless their demands are not met.

Theft. The internet has made it easier for people to copy films and music.

Poaching. The internet has made it easier for people to poach animals.

Police cars and motorbikes have improved officer response speed.

The internet has made policing easier as crime only happens online.

Policing has become more difficult as they are unable to store DNA and fingerprint samples due to data protection laws.

Policing has become harder as they do not have access to facial recognition technology.

It was not harsh enough, and the death penalty was no longer seen as a deterrence.

A wrongful conviction could happen. In those cases, the death penalty is irreversible.

The death penalty was expensive, taxpayers resented having to pay the costs.

Britain was the last country in the world to remove the death penalty. Many people believed it went against people's Human Rights.

They thought it was wrong for ordinary people to fight over a dispute that did not concern them.

They wanted the conditions of the trenches to improve.

They supported the German people’s right to expand their land and territory.

They did not want to leave their farms as their crops would fail and their animals would starve.

Chris Craig did not shoot the police officer, but Derek Bentley did.

Derek Bentley pleaded guilty, but Chris Craig did not.

Derek Bentley said to Chris Craig ‘Let him have it.'

Derek Bentley was 19 years old and Chris Craig was 18 years old.

The crime of murder decreased after 1900.

Sexual offences decreased in the late 20th century.

 In 1965, the Race Relations Act banned public racial discrimination and the promotion of racial hatred.

The 1972 Misuse of Drugs Act made a number of drugs illegal for the first time.

Between March 2016 and March 2020, the number of female police officers has increased by 1.6%.

There is now a National LGBTQ+ Police Network made up of police officers working towards equality, diversity and inclusion in the police.

In 2020, 9.3% of Met police officers were black or Asian.

Since 1967, when homosexuality was decriminalised, openly gay police officers have joined the Met.

The role of the police is now to deter and catch criminals.

There is now a CID department in the Met Police that investigates serious crimes by gathering evidence.

The police now have to wear uniforms.

There has been a return to voluntary community law enforcement with the introduction of the Neighbourhood Watch.

Prison was only used as a last resort in the Second World War.

Tribunals still went ahead, as they did in the First World War.

Alternative work was not offered as it was in the First World War. They could continue at home with their normal lives.

Hard labour was given to conscientious objectors in the Second World War.

Very significant as 5,000 protestors chanted ‘murder’ outside Wandsworth Prison on the day of Bentley’s execution. This stopped his execution and led to the abolition of the death penalty.

Not significant as the complete abolition of the death penalty did not happen until 1998.

Very significant as many believed this case was a miscarriage of justice. It became a part of the arguments against the death penalty.

Slightly significant as the public backlash to the Derek Bentley case resulted in a prison sentence for Ruth Ellis instead of the death penalty.