How Was the Existing System of Justice Altered During the Enlightenment

question 81

Multiple Choice

How was the existing system of justice altered during the Enlightenment?

• A) People reconsidered the administration of law and redefined corrections.
• B) During this period, the classical school of criminology emerged, with its insistence on a rational link between the gravity of the crime and the severity of the punishment.
• C) The social contract and utilitarianism emphasized limitations on the government and the need to enact a system of punishments that would deter people from crime.
• D) All of these are correct.

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