Various Court Rulings (Ex Parte Crouse Included) Assumed That the Philadelphia

Various court rulings (Ex Parte Crouse included) assumed that the Philadelphia, and presumably other houses of refuge, had a beneficial effect on its residents. The reason such corporal and physical abuses were allowed to continue without court or judicial intervention was:

A) Houses of refuge were not regulated by laws.
B) Houses of refuge were considered schools and not prisons.
C) The courts agreed that physical abuse were supposed to be good for the child.
D) No one ever pointed out such abuses to the courts.
E) These abuses were NOT allowed. Strict court involvement and regulation resulted in numerous arrest for child abuse.