Public humiliation
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Public humiliation was often used by local communities to punish minor and petty criminals before the age of large, modern prisons (imprisonment was long unusual as a punishment, rather a method of coercion).
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See also
- Badge of shame
- Parading on donkey
- Cucking/Ducking Stool
- Struggle session
- Tramp chair, 1800's torture device
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