8.4. Incapacitation 
DAVID CARTER 
Incapacitation 
Rooted in the concepts of banishing individuals from society, incapacitation is the removal of an 
individual (from society), for a set amount of time, so as they cannot commit crimes (in society) for an 
amount of time in the future. In British history, this often occurred on Hulks. Hulks were large ships that 
carried convicted individuals off to far away lands. The point was to not allow them to be able to commit 
crimes in their community any longer. 
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