Beccaria

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  • Created on: 24-02-16 14:25
Beccaria Quote
' It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them'
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Beccaria Certainty
The more likely to be punished for your actions the less likely to engage in criminal behaviour.
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Beccaria Celerity
Swiftness of punishment has a positive impact, close association in the mind between crime and penalty.
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Beccaria Severity
Must be significant to deter further deviance, but not to harsh punishment should have some effect.
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Beccaria rational actor model
'For punishment to attain its end, the evil which it inflicts has only to exceed the advantage derivable from the crime… all beyond this is superfluous and for that reason tyrannical'
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Card 2

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The more likely to be punished for your actions the less likely to engage in criminal behaviour.

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Beccaria Certainty

Card 3

Front

Swiftness of punishment has a positive impact, close association in the mind between crime and penalty.

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Must be significant to deter further deviance, but not to harsh punishment should have some effect.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

'For punishment to attain its end, the evil which it inflicts has only to exceed the advantage derivable from the crime… all beyond this is superfluous and for that reason tyrannical'

Back

Preview of the back of card 5

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