The wife-beater, for example, is inadequately punished by imprisonment; for imprisonment may often mean nothing to him, while it may cause hunger and want to the wife and children who have been the victims of his brutality.
Roosevelt critiques the inadequacy of imprisonment as a punishment for domestic violence, highlighting its impact on victims.
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