Personalities Flashcards
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Father of penitentiary science.
JEAN JACQUES VILLAIN
The father of prison reform.
John howard
the father of parole.
Alexander maconochie
father of modern policy system
Sir Robert peel
founder of modern utilitarianism.
Jeremy bentham
The first leader to prescribe imprisonment as correctional treatment for major offender.
William penn
century of change, it is period of recognizing human dignity.
18 century
A French historian and philosopher who analyzed law as an expression of justice. He believes that harsh
punishment would undermine morality and that appealing to moral sentiments as a better means of preventing
crime.
Charles Montesquieu
What is the theory of Charles montesquieu
Separation of power between legislative, executive and judicairy
It is 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
Physician, patriot, signer of the declaration of independence and social reformer,
• He also advocated the penitentiary for capital and corporal punishment.
Benjamin rush
He was the most versatile of all philosophers during this period. He believes that fear of shame was a
deterrent to crime.
Voltaire
Father of classical theory, politician, and Italian philosopher
Cesare beccaria
the most exiting essay on law during this
century. It presented the humanistic goal of law
An essay on crimes and punishment
The greatest leader in the Reform of English Criminal Law. He believes that whatever punishment designed
to negate whatever pleasure or gain the criminal derives from crime; the crime rate would go down
Jeremy bentham
a prison that consist of large circular building containing multi cells around the
periphery. It was never built.
Panopticon prison
The sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1773, who devoted his life and fortune to prison reform
John howard
the most effective leader in direct and persistent agitation for
reform of the English criminal code. He pressed for construction of the first modern English prison
Sit Samuel romilly
the London metropolitan police in 1829
known as
Bobbies
the Irish constabulary called ‘
Peelers
Was a leader in the English legislature for reform of the criminal code
Sir Robert peel
He introduced fair disciplinary trials, built churches, distributed books, allowed plays to be staged and
permitted prisoners to tend small gardens.
Alexander maconochie
He was the director of the prison in Valencia, Spain, in 1835, divided prisoners into companied and appointed
prisoners as petty officers in charge. Academic classes of one hour a day were given in all inmates under 20
years of age.
Manuel montesimos
• It whereby a convict could earn freedom by hard and good behavior.
• It was used to eliminate the so-called flat sentence
Marks system of maconochie