So... the systems developed in the 19th Century have been expanded on and developed during the 20th. ‘em? ‘em! 9. Can’t beat Tag With the abolition of corporal and capital punishments, a range of different punishments have been introduced in their place. The basic idea behind many of these is to give the criminal a second chance – again linking in with the idea of rehabilitation and allowing people a chance to make up for their wrong doing. All of the following punishments are – only given for minor crimes and offences like multiple traffic offences etc. Punishment Description Reason Electronic Tagging The Criminal is fitted with an The criminal is allowed some freedom electronic tag that allows the with restrictions. It shows a degree Police to know where they of trust but makes sure they can’t are at all times. do anything else wrong! Suspended The criminal is a jail Gives the criminal a second chance – Sentences sentence but it is and acts as a warning for their suspended. Meaning they behaviour in the future. Bit like don’t have to do it unless getting a C1! they break the law again. Probation/Parole Criminals are allowed out of Again it is the idea of giving people a sentence early on the second chance and actually rewarding promise that they will behave those that have made the effort to and follow certain conditions. change. Usually a reward for good behaviour Community Service Criminals are assigned to The criminal is given the opportunity jobs that will provide a to pay back the community that they service to their local have done wrong to and basically community. This can be earn forgiveness working with those who are in need, cleaning up litter/graffiti or things like that. ASBOs Anti-Social Behaviour Orders Again, it acts as a warning system to were designed to stop people people. Rather than punishment from doing minor things that straight away they are given the disrupted others chance to change the behaviour before it turns into a major problem
So... the systems developed in the 19th Century have been expanded on and developed during the 20th. 9. Can’t beat ‘em? Tag ‘em! With the abolition of corporal and capital punishments, a range of different punishments have been introduced in their place. The basic idea behind many of these is to give the criminal a second chance – again linking in with the idea of rehabilitation and allowing people a chance to make up for their wrong doing. All of the following punishments are only given for minor crimes and offences – like multiple traffic offences etc. Punishment Description Reason Electronic Tagging The Criminal is fitted with an electronic tag that allows the Police to know where they are at all times. The criminal is allowed some freedom with restrictions. It shows a degree of trust but makes sure they can’t do anything else wrong! Suspended Sentences The criminal is a jail sentence – but it is suspended. Meaning they don’t have to do it unless they break the law again. Gives the criminal a second chance and acts as a warning for their behaviour in the future. Bit like getting a C1! Probation/Parole Criminals are allowed out of sentence early on the promise that they will behave and follow certain conditions. Usually a reward for good behaviour Again it is the idea of giving people a second chance and actually rewarding those that have made the effort to change. Community Service Criminals are assigned to jobs that will provide a service to their local community. This can be working with those who are in need, cleaning up litter/graffiti or things like that. The criminal is given the opportunity to pay back the community that they have done wrong to and basically earn forgiveness ASBOs Anti-Social Behaviour Orders were designed to stop people from doing minor things that disrupted others Again, it acts as a warning system to people. Rather than punishment straight away they are given the chance to change the behaviour before it turns into a major problem
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