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Cesare Beccaria

Italian criminologist
Also known as: Cesare, Marchese di Beccaria Bonesana
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Huber C. Hurst Professor Emeritus of Law, University of Florida, Gainesville. Edson R. Sunderland Professor Emeritus of Law, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Author of The Decline of the Rehabilitative...
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Cesare Beccaria (born March 15, 1738, Milan [Italy]—died November 28, 1794, Milan) was an Italian criminologist and economist whose Dei delitti e delle pene (1764; Eng. trans. J.A. Farrer, Crimes and Punishment, 1880) was a celebrated volume on the reform of criminal justice. Beccaria was the son of a Milanese aristocrat of modest means. From an early age, he displayed the essential traits of his character. A highly volatile temperament resulted in periods of enthusiasm...

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