The participant’s response in graph 13 demonstrated that 31% strongly agreed/agreed, 20% neither agreed/disagreed, 49% strongly disagreed/disagreed that reinstating capital punishment in the UK will make it a safer place. In previous literature it is argued that the Deterrence theory has the aim to detain criminals to prevent social damage and furthermore, to have a punishment in place to” prevent individuals from breaking the law.” (Mackinnon.B, Fiala.A, 2015, P.215). However, capital punishment aims to remove criminals from society to prevent social damage whether this makes a positive impact upon the existence of criminals in society can be argued. Philosophers (Beccaria1738, Bentham 1748) contribute their views through the deterrence theory
