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Cesare Beccaria

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Italian philosopher and jurist who founded the classical school of criminology. His 1764 treatise argued that punishment should be proportionate and prompt, aimed at deterrence rather than retribution, and opposed torture and the death penalty. 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
1738 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
1794 1
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Italian 2
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Argued that punishment has a preventive, deterrent function rather than a retributive one, and that penalties should be proportionate to the crime. 1
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