According to Cesare Beccaria, Punishment Should Be All of the Following

question 14

Multiple Choice

According to Cesare Beccaria, punishment should be all of the following except:

• A) proportionate to the seriousness of the crime
• B) based on retribution for the harm done to society
• C) prompt and certain
• D) painful to the offender

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Definitions:

Mental Processes

The internal cognitive operations that underlie thinking, understanding, reasoning, and problem-solving.

Behavioral

Relating to or concerned with the actions or activities of living organisms in response to external or internal stimuli.

Humanistic

Pertains to a psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person, looking at human behavior through the eyes of the observer and the person doing the behaving.

Observable Behavior

Actions or reactions of an individual that can be directly seen or measured, without the need for inferring internal states or motivations.