Criminological Theory

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

Mens rea means ______.

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

The ______ church still condones the use of exorcisms.

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

All of the following are reasons Beccaria cited against the use of capital punishment EXCEPT ______.

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

When a person's behavior is motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain, this is referred to as ______.

What were Beccaria's beliefs concerning torture in the criminal justice system?

According to Beccaria, the purpose of punishment is ______.

Which of the following countries still allows the use of torture for eliciting information or confessions?

Revised guidelines for conducting exorcisms was issued bishops/clergy in ______ by the Roman Catholic Church.

According to Beccaria, which of the three elements of punishment address the "privation of liberty"?

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

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

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

Thomas Hobbes wrote what famous book in 1651?

Hobbes' theoretical framework was appealing at the time it was proposed, when the dominant model of governance in most of the Western world was ______.

What country did the book use to illustrate how U.S.citizens take for granted the right to a trial by a jury of peers?

______ is known as the father of criminal justice.