Cesare Beccaria (1738 - 1794)

• Who is Cesare Beccaria?

  Beccaria, lived from 1738 to 1794, was one of the earliest theorists to formulate the assumptions of the classical school into a theory of deviance and social control. He was the first to articulate a distinction between internal and external social control.
• Internal Control


  Rules and norms exercised through our conscience.
• External Control


  Formal controls that society places on an individual to keep them from engaging in crime or deviance.