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On Crimes and Punishments is a seminal treatise on legal reform written by the Italian philosopher and thinker Cesare Beccaria between 1763 and 1764. The essays proposed many reforms for the criminal justice system, including prompt administration of clearly prescribed and consistent... Read Full Overview

Beccarria's influential Treatise On Crimes and Punishments is considered a foundation work in the modern field of criminology

In this edition of Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments and other writings, Richard Bellamy draws on recent Italian scholarship to show how Beccaria wove together the various political languages of the Enlightenment into a political philosophy that combines republican, contractarian,... Read Full Overview

The first systematic study of the principles of crime and punishment. Its advocacy of crime prevention and the abolition of torture and capital punishment marked a significant advance in criminological thought.

Published in 1764, On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) courted both success and controversy in Europe and North America. Enlightenment luminaries and enlightened monarchs alike lauded the text and looked to it for ideas that might help guide the various... Read Full Overview

De Los Delitos Y De Las Penas es un libro escrito por Cesare Bonesana Beccaria en 1764. Esta obra es considerada una de las m�����s importantes en la historia de la criminolog������a y del derecho penal... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Of Crimes and Punishments is a book written by Cesare Bonesana, Marchese Beccaria, an Italian philosopher and jurist, in 1764. The book is considered one of the most influential works in the field of criminology and has had a significant impact on the development of modern criminal... Read Full Overview

Cesare Beccaria's influential treatise On Crimes and Punishments is a foundational work in the field of criminology. Based on the 1984 Francioni text, the most exhaustive Italian edition of Dei delitti e delle pene, this translated edition, the last that Beccaria... Read Full Overview

"Des delits et des peines" par Cesare Beccaria. Cesare Beccaria etait un juriste, philosophe, economiste et homme de lettres italien (1738-1794)."