Ambivalent abolitionism in the 1920s: New South Wales, Australia

In the former penal colony of New South Wales (NSW), a Labor government attempted what its counterpart in Queensland had achieved in 1922: the abolition of the death penalty. Although NSW's unelected Legislative Council scuttled Labor's 1925 bill, the party's prevarication over capita...

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Published inInternational journal for crime, justice and social democracy Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 33 - 42
Main Author Strange, Carolyn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brisbane Queensland University of Technology 01.09.2022
Subjects
abolition
Abolitionists
australia
Australian history
Capital punishment
Criminal law
death penalty
Decision making
Evaluation
Government policy
History
Law and legislation
Political parties
Politics and government
Public administration
AUSTRALIA
New South Wales
Queensland
Australia
New South Wales Australia
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Summary:In the former penal colony of New South Wales (NSW), a Labor government attempted what its counterpart in Queensland had achieved in 1922: the abolition of the death penalty. Although NSW's unelected Legislative Council scuttled Labor's 1925 bill, the party's prevarication over capital punishment and the government's poor management of the campaign thwarted abolition for a further three decades. However, NSW's failure must be analysed in light of ambivalent abolitionism that prevailed in Britain and the US in the postwar decade. In this wider context, Queensland, rather than NSW, was the abolitionist outlier.
Bibliography:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR CRIME, JUSTICE AND SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, Vol. 11, No. 3, Sep 2022, 33-42
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
ISSN:2202-8005
2202-7998
2202-8005
DOI:10.5204/ijcjsd.2474