Many court officials and judges often saw him as an outsider who had no business getting involved in the court’s work. Furthermore, court officers, jailers, and police officers frequently viewed him as someone robbing them of their fees, since it was standard practice at the time that officials were paid when an individual was incarcerated (Lindner, 2007). The same people accused him of mollycoddling wrong-doers by offering them treatment and help, rather than subjecting them to punishment (Lindner, 2007). Furthermore, near the end of his book, Augustus did address the opposition to his “bailing on probation.” He wrote that some were opposed to his methods because they believed it was an incentive to crime and, thus, detrimental to society.