VID 3 Flashcards
He fought for RELIGIOUS FREEDOM and individuals right
William Penn
He is the FIRST LEADER to prescribe imprisonment as correctional
treatment for major offenders
William Penn
He is also responsible for the ABOLITION of death penalty and torture
as a form of punishment.
William Penn
Physician, patriot, signer of the
Declaration of Independence, and SOCIAL REFORMATION
BENJAMIN RUSH
advocated the penitentiary as replacement for CAPITAL AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
BENJAMIN RUSH
an institution INTENDED TO ISOLATE PRISONERS from society and from one another so that they could reflect on their past misdeeds, repent, and thus undergo reformation
PENITENTIARY
a French historian and philosopher who analyzed law
as an EXPRESSION OF JUSTICE
CHARLES MONTESQUIEU
He believe that HARSH PUNISMENT would undermine morality and that appealing to moral sentiments as a
Better means of preventing crimes
CHARLES MONTESQUIEU
CHARLES MONTESQUIEU Full name
(Charles Louis Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu)
He was the MOST VERSATILE of all philosophers during
this period.
VOLTAIRE
He believes that FEAR OF SHAME was a deterrent to
crime.
VOLTAIRE
He fought the legality –sanctioned PRACTICE OF TORTURE
VOLTAIRE
He wrote an ESSAY entitled “an Essay on crimes and
Punishment,”
CESARE BECCARIA
The GREATEST LEADER in the Reform of English Criminal Law
JEREMY BENTHAM
the MOST EXISTING essay on law during this century
Essay on crimes and
Punishment
