What Is One Reason Imprisonment Was Such a Rare Type

question 12

Multiple Choice

What is one reason imprisonment was such a rare type of punishment before the nineteenth century?

• A) Earlier societies did not have sufficient resources to operate prisons.
• B) Earlier societies believed that physical punishments like branding were more likely to deter future crime.
• C) Earlier societies were crueler and therefore more accepting of harsh physical punishment.
• D) Earlier societies believed that punishments like shunning and banishment were more humane.
• E) Earlier societies had much less crime and so did not require any particular system of punishment.

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