On crimes and punishments essay
Information about this edition. sister projects: Wikidata entry. English translation of Dei delitti e delle pene 1764. The foundational text of the modern era, Cesare Beccaria is best known for his essay On Crimes and Punishment. In this essay he analyzes old-fashioned views on penology and criminology. Beccaria argues that change is needed. An essay on crimes and punishments. Through. Beccaria, Cesare, marchese di, 1738-1794 Voltaire, 1694-1778. Publication date. 1775. Publisher. London: Printed for LibriVox recording of An Essay on Crimes and Punishments by Voltaire Cesare Beccaria. Translated by Edward Duncan Ingraham. Read in English by Carolin Ksr Beccaria's treatise On, On Crimes and Punishments was the first attempt to apply principles of political economy to the practice of punishment, in order to humanize and rationalize the state's use of coercion. After all, arbitrary and cruel punishment was the most direct tool at the disposal of the state to terrorize the people into submission, in order to prevent,