The Classical SchoolBeccaria and Bentham: offending as choice, punishment as calculation.Criminal JusticeWritten against arbitrary punishment, not against offenders.Core claimsOffenders weigh expected cost against benefitPunishment should be certain and promptSeverity beyond deterrence is wasted painLaws should be public, clear and applied equallyTorture and secret trials produce false guiltWhere it leadsRational choice and deterrence researchProportionate sentencing frameworksSituational prevention: change the choiceWeak on offending that is not calculatedAssumes information offenders rarely haveEducational reference. Later research supports certainty of detectionfar more strongly than severity of penalty.The Classical Schoollearnposters.com
The Classical School — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the The Classical School poster

10 entries in 2 groups.

Written against arbitrary punishment, not against offenders.

Educational reference. Later research supports certainty of detection far more strongly than severity of penalty.

Questions about the The Classical School poster

What’s on the The Classical School poster?
10 entries in 2 groups. Written against arbitrary punishment, not against offenders. Core claims: Offenders weigh expected cost against benefit, Punishment should be cert…; Where it leads: Rational choice and deterrence research, Proportionate sentencing fra…. Educational reference. Later research supports certainty of detection far more strongly than severity of penalty.
Who is the The Classical School poster for?
The Classical School belongs to the Criminal Justice section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning criminological theory can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the The Classical School poster?
The starting point for deterrence, rational choice and proportionate sentencing. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Classical School belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with The Classical School?
Control Theories, Crime Concentrates and The Crime Drop sit alongside The Classical School in the Criminal Justice section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Control TheoriesCrime ConcentratesThe Crime Drop
Is the The Classical School poster free to download and print?
Yes. The Classical School downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Criminal Justice section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the The Classical School poster print at?
The Classical School is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Classical School loses nothing.Printing guide

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