Cesare Beccaria
Personjurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794)
Cesare Beccaria Bonesana, Marquis of Gualdrasco and Villareggio was an Italian criminologist, jurist, philosopher, economist, and politician. He is well remembered for his treatise On Crimes and Punishments (1764), which condemned torture and the death penalty, and was a founding work in the field of penology and the classical school of criminology. Beccaria is considered the father of modern criminal law and the father of criminal justice.
| Born | 1738-03-15 |
| Died | 1794-11-20 |
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