Classical School of Criminology Flashcards
Who are the founders of the Classical School of Criminology?
Cesare Beccaria and Jeremy Bentham
It is the first systematic attempt to explain crime.
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He stated that it is better to prevent crime that to punish them
Cesare Beccaria
Punishment must be sufficiently severe, certain, and swift.
True
What are the 3 Categories of the basis of Beccaria’s principle?
Man
Society
State
What principle chooses course of action that give him pleasure and avoid activities that are painful?
Hedonism
His work was governed with utilitarian principles
Jeremy Bentham
What principle is concerned with the “greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number of people?”
Utilitarianism
Focuses on the criminal act (crime)
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