Exam 2: Preclassical and Classical Theories of Crime

______ is when a punishment is designed to stop a particular offender.

______ is the principle of the greatest good for the greatest number.

Beccaria was against ______ but felt that there was room for ______ in a justice system.

Jury trials are most closely associated with the ideas of ______.

Describe Bentham's contribution to classical theory.

Who proposed the idea that individuals weigh and consider pleasure versus pain?

Beccaria was more concerned with the ______, or the guilty act.

The belief that human beings have ______ is essential to classical criminology.

The book uses the ______ as a good example of the social contract breaking down.

Enlightenment thinkers believed that ______ was essential in the social contract.

Following the execution of serial killer, homicide rates spiked in the U.S.This is referred to as ______.

Theories of the Classical School of Thought are different than those of the Preclassical School of Thought in that the latter theories ______.

According to Beccaria, the purpose of punishment is ______.

Beccaria stated that punishments that are ______ or ______ will not be an effective deterrent of crime.

The hedonistic calculus notes that individuals seek to maximize ______ and minimize ______.

The social contract states that individuals follow rules in return for protection from rule violators.

The Classical and Neoclassical Schools remained dominant for about ______ years after On Crime and Punishment was written.

The purpose of general deterrence is to stop an individual from committing further crimes.

______ stated that all individuals are in a constant state of warfare with all other individuals.

Thomas Hobbes wrote what famous book in 1651?