On Crimes and Punishments
1764 treatise by Cesare Beccaria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Crime and Punishment.
On Crimes and Punishments (Italian: Dei delitti e delle pene [dei deˈlitti e ddelle ˈpeːne]) is a treatise written by Cesare Beccaria in 1764.
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The treatise condemned torture and the death penalty and was a founding work in the field of penology.