Italian criminologist and a leading figure of the positivist school alongside Cesare Lombroso and Raffaele Garofalo. He shifted the school's focus from Lombroso's physical anthropology toward psychological and social-economic causes of crime, and argued that crime prevention through addressing those causes should take priority over post-crime punishment. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountSan Benedetto Po, Lombardy, Italy 1 Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountExtended positivist criminology from Lombroso's biological focus to psychological and social causes of crime, and advocated crime prevention over punishment. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountCriminal Sociology (1884) 1 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Enrico Ferri
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While Lombroso researched the purported physiological factors that motivated criminals, Ferri investigated social and economic aspects.
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