Beccaria | Definition

Doc's CJ Glossary by Adam J. McKee
Course: Introduction / Criminology

Beccaria was an Eighteenth-century Italian philosopher that argued punishment should only be severe enough to offset the pleasure gained from committing the crime.


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Last Modified: 07/06/2021

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