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Beccaria’s Crime and Punishment had a major impact on the development of the modern criminal justice system by criticizing the harsh punishment practices of 18th-century Europe and proposing a rational, public-interest penal system that aimed to deter and prevent crime and replaced cruel punishment with rational, public-serving punishment.   Cesare Beccaria’s Crime and...

Cesare Beccaria’s Crime and Punishment, published in 1764, caused a stir in European intellectual circles when he argued that the purpose of punishment is not just retribution, but crime prevention and social stability. He proposed a system of punishment that preserves human freedom and dignity and promotes the common good.   Cesare Beccaria’s Crime and Punishment, published in...