Classical school Flashcards
What influenced the formation of the Classical school?
Influence was found in the early philosophers of the enlightenment.
What did Classical school theorists question? (The B)
The Brutality of interrogation and punishment.
What did Classical school theorist focus (and what did they not care about)? (F on P…
Focused on Punishment rather than the Causes of crime which they ignored.
What were the classical school disappointed of? (C=…
The thought that crime equaled sin.
2 main philosophers of the classical school?
Cesare Beccaria and Jeremy Bentham
Beccaria’s book and year? (Ess…
Essay on crime and punishment [1764]
Essay on crime and punishment argued for? (The rem..
The removal of torture and the death penalty in almost all cases.
Essay on crime and punishment argued? (The Pu…
The punishment should fit the crime
Key principle of Beccaria’s?
Deterrence.
Beccaria’s ideal deterrence? (C.C and S of P)
The Certainty, consistency, and swiftness of punishment.
Jeremy Bentham’s book and year? (Princ….
Principles of Morals and Legislation [1781]
What did Bentham agree with Beccaria with? (Re
Reducing Penal severity, adopted and developed Beccaria’s idea.
What did Bentham calculate? (The Spread..)
The spread and distribution of pain and attributed rules of punishment based on the amount of pain inflicted.
What is Hedonistic Calculus? (An attempt)..
An attempt to create a mathematical formula fir the infliction of effective punishment.
