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QuizMultiple Choice

Careers in Probation and Parole — Test

Question 16 • Introduction to Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

How did the Enlightenment and the general social and intellectual thought of the eighteenth century affect punishment?

Answer
A
People brought all their grievances to the legislature to change the laws.
B
People gave speeches on liberty that convinced the public to let criminals go free.
C
People gathered to discuss more humane types of punishment.
D
People became vigilantes and hunted down the people delivering cruel punishment.
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