The inescapable conclusion is that society secretlywants crime,needs crime, and gains definite satisfactions from the present mishandling of it! We condemn crime; we punish offenders for it; but we need it. The crime and punishment ritual is a part of our lives. We need crimes to wonder at, to enjoy vicariously, to discuss and speculate about, and to publicly deplore. We need criminals to identify ourselves with, to envy secretly, and to punish stoutly. They do for us the forbidden, illegal things wewish to do and, like scapegoats of old, they bear the burdens of our displaced guilt and punishment"the iniquities of us all."

Karl Menninger, The Crime of Punishment

1. Identify the premises and the conclusion.
2. Determine which, if any, of the following deductive argument forms is used:
   • application of a general rule
   • modus ponens
   • modus tollens
   • disjunctive syllogism
3. In addition to including the argument form you think is being used for each argument, you must also include your reasons for your choice of argument form for each.