Writers, scholars and campaigners who reformed criminal law, from a pastor who opposed the persecution of witches and the use of torture to a poet who campaigned against laws on homosexuality and the American scholars of sentencing and law. A person belongs here when the cited source describes reform of criminal law or scholarship on sentencing. Entries placed here are George Cecil Ives, Anton Praetorius, Norval Morris, Paul Tappan and Christopher Stone (professor).
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Howard Zehr (Wikipedia)
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Zehr is considered to be a pioneer of the modern concept of restorative justice.
Paul Tappan (Wikipedia)
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was an American criminologist who served as Professor of Law and Criminology at the UC Berkeley School of Law
George Cecil Ives (Wikipedia)
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George Cecil Ives (1 October 1867-4 June 1950) was an English poet, writer, penal reformer and early homosexual law reform campaigner.
Anton Praetorius (Wikipedia)
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Anton Praetorius (1560-6 December 1613) was a German Calvinist pastor who spoke out against the persecution of witches (witchhunts, witchcraft trials) and against torture.
Norval Morris - Wikipedia
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Norval Ramsden Morris (1923-2004) was an Australian-educated American law professor, criminologist, and advocate for criminal justice and mental health reform.
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