This was also seen as a sin against God where punishment was inflicted directly on the individual. This notion of punishment was questioned by thinkers such as Michel Foucault who stated that punishment should shift its focus from the prisoner's body to the Soul. The period of the Enlightenment was known as “The Age of Reason”. This was the classic idea that people had a choice of what to do. Crime is persistent and commonplace and there are now other social and psychological factors that impact crime. Another way of punishing is to punish someone based on the severity of the crime. This view is known as “Deserts Only”. This could be seen if someone committed a low-level victimless crime. The punishment for this would be less severe than that of someone who committed high-level hate