The first systematic study of the principles of crime and punishment. Its advocacy of crime prevention and the abolition of torture and capital punishment marked a significant advance in criminological thought.
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The first systematic study of the principles of crime and punishment. Its advocacy of crime prevention and the abolition of torture and capital punishment marked a significant advance in criminological thought.
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All Editions of An Essay on Crimes and Punishments: Translated from the Italian; With a Commentary Attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, Translated from the French (1775)