lecture6: Cesare Beccaria and the Classical School

Question 1

Cesare Beccaria

Answer 1

(1738-1794), an 18th c. italian penal reformer and father of the classical school of criminology, who strongly opposed capital punishment, favoured equality before the law and advocated for the punishment to the proportionate to the crime

Question 2

John Howard

Answer 2

(1726-1790), a wealthy 18th c. British prison reformer who advocated for prison system to focus more on rehabilitation by incorporating meditation, self-discipline and repentance. Th above inspired several19th c. prison reform movement