History B Schools History Project GCSE
Punishment and deterrence
What Punishment and deterrence means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Punishment and deterrence
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Authorities sought alternatives to execution as the Bloody Code declined, and transportation to Australia began in 1787 to deter criminals and remove them from Britain.
Topics that use Punishment and deterrence
Related terms
- Authority and control
- Bloody Code
- Changing attitudes to punishment
- Community law enforcement
- Community responsibility
- Community versus state involvement
- Continuity and change
- Continuity and change over time
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