New research on crime and criminals gradually spread, such as the psychological study…
From the suggestions of Lombrosian criminal anthropology, the Positivist School of…
Contaminating the penal system with the new sciences leads to place at the centre…
The second group of factors that generate delinquency are the «Physical Factors»,…
La varia densità della popolazione, lo stato dell’opinione pubblica, dei costumi…
Lombroso and the entire Positive School enthusiastically welcomed the tripartition…
Enrico Ferri also introduced a classification of criminals; on the basis of how the…
Adopting this perspective, i.e to admit that human thought and actions are dependent…
A hot climate, a sirocco wind, a nervous breakdown due to overwork, a period of poor…
Faced with the «fatal tyranny of the organism», which revolutionises the concept…
«II. reparatory measures» which take the form of civil compensation for the damage…
«III. repressive measures» which take the form of certain prison sentences already…
It follows from this that the concept of responsibility is complemented by the idea…
According to these theses, crime is an unfortunate natural production, a form of…
In my opinion, it can be said that the theses of the positive school lead to the…
• determinism takes the place of free will, freedom of conscience and action is a…
• the causes of crime are sought primarily in the offender’s body, so the criminal…
• theses on the individualisation of punishment are produced, which lead to trying…
• social reforms and criminal policy measures are suggested, such as Ferri’s sostitutivi penali,…
• an alternative penal system is therefore proposed with a mitigation and modification…
Liberal criminal law built on individualism and on a simple society in which the…
The theses of the Positive School, after an initial international and national consensus
