Directions: The following question consist of a set of four statements. One or more of the statements may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the statement(s) having the error.

A. Before it was impossible for civilised communities to ascertain with absolute accuracy whether crime was increasing or decreasing. B. No data was available on which justice could be handed out. C. Prisoners were sentenced in batches to the gallows, but no inquiry was made as to the result of these punishments on the progress of crime. D. It was deemed sufficient to catch and punish the offender; the more offences seemed to increase the more severe the punishment became.