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Intellectual Influences

This dimension names the earlier thinker or field whose ideas most directly influenced a specific criminology theory. Wikipedia notes that criminology draws on "sociologists, political scientists, economists, legal sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, psychiatrists, social workers, biologists, social anthropologists," any one of whom might supply the intellectual roots of a given theory. Browsing this way collects every theory influenced by the same thinker or field.

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Origin Era
1764 1
Intellectual Influences
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1. Classical School (Criminology) (Wikipedia)
Classical school (criminology), lead section
Quote, Classical school (criminology), lead section
In 1764, he published Dei Delitti e Delle Pene (On Crimes and Punishments) arguing for the need to reform the criminal justice system by referring not to the harm caused to the victim, but to the harm caused to society.
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