“Society in 2005 wants to re-introduce the death penalty in prisons

“Society in 2005 wants to re-introduce the death penalty in prisons.”

In this piece of work I will be exploring the death penalty to

discover the public’s opinion on the death penalty in 2005. I will be

researching students of 2005’s opinions on the death penalty returning

in the UK’s prison punishment system. I will look for examples both

supporting the death penalty being re-introduced or not supporting it

being re-introduced. I used my title to see if people agree or

disagree with the hypothesis. I will use my title as a basis to public

opinion on the death penalty being re-introduced.

The various reasons for punishment in prison are based on five main

theories developed within the punishment system; these are protection,

retribution, deterrence, reform and vindication. Each of them have

their own different effect upon those being punished. For example:

1. Protection- Punishment is to protect society by removing those in

danger or removing the danger from society. For example one would

be imprisonment.

2. Retribution- Equal punishment to crime committed. (An eye for an

eye.)

3. Deterrence- Punishment to make the convicted see the error of

their ways by committing crimes, hopefully the deterrence will

stop those who had committed crimes from doing so again.

4. Reform- Needs help to be reformed from crime to a responsible

citizen. The theory is to make them see the error of their ways

and change their personality to not commit crimes any more.

5. Vindication- Crime should be punished to support laws and stop

others committing crimes.

I did a survey using 119 people on their views on the death penalty. I

decided to ask random people as they are the generation of 2005 and

may be at an age where they may not have known too much about death

penalty from previous experiences and so I can get a wider rang of