19th century compare and contrast
Early 19th Century Compare and Contrast Back in the late 18th century – early 19th century, crime punishments were extraordinarily brutal. For example, if a thief stole from another person, they would be branded with the letter “T” on their hand. In this time era, these people believed in public humiliation in order to get the point across. By branding the criminals, it would assure the people, of the city, if anyone would ever steal this is the punishment they would face. If the crime continued, with the same person, they would be branded with the letter “R” burned into their forehead. Another form of punishment that was acceptable in this era was “flogging”. Flogging is described as using a whip to inflict physical punishment to a person. This form of punishment was mainly used in the vast majority of crimes committed. This typical punishment was used with a whip called, “cat-o-nine-tails”. This specific whip had nine knotted cords that was tied tightly onto a wooden handle Flogging was abolished in 1888. Since this year, America has never returned using this form of method in punishment. However, America may not be using this method but there are still countries out there that constantly use this method. For example, Singapore uses flogging to punish their criminal to this day. Flogging in the early centuries was used toward more of a “probation” method. If the criminal continued to follow in the path of crime, their sentences would become harsher. Just like in the United States, we too, have our form of probation. Instead of going down the physical route, we believe in incarceration methods to help with the rehabilitation process. If the criminal breaks their probation (flogging) they will be sentenced automatically to prison or jail time (capital punishment). As for capital punishment, the 19th century did it in torture. There were a few ways on how to kill someone but for the people who committed the heinous crimes, they were sentenced for a