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Also known as Cesare Bonesana-Beccaria, Cesare Bonesana, Marquis of Beccaria

jurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794)

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Cesare Beccaria was an Italian male author. He was born on 15 March 1738 and died on 28 November 1794. His literary output includes 95 works, while a separate record lists 5 works associated with him.

The subject is referenced by 1,026 other encyclopedia articles.

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Cesare Beccaria Bonesana, Marquis of Gualdrasco and Villareggio ( Italian: [ˈtʃeːzare bekkaˈriːa, ˈtʃɛː-]; 15 March 1738 – 28 November 1794) 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.

According to John Bessler, Beccaria's works had a profound influence on the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cesare Beccaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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