ACTIVITY 1: RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE

PIONEER PROPONENTS OF CRIMINOLOGY

GIVE ATLEAST 20 MAN BEHIND CRIMINOLOGY WHO GIVE THEIR CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF
CRIMINOLOGY.
3 POINTS EACH

➢ Cesare Beccaria
Considered the father of criminal law and modern criminal justice, Beccaria studied
mathematics and economics before turning to law.

➢ Jeremy Bentham

An English philosopher, Bentham’s work ranged from economics and advocating animal rights,
to social reform and the founding of welfarism.

➢ Cesare Lombroso

Bringing the term born criminal into existence, Lombroso argued that criminality was inherent,
and could be identified through physical characteristics, suggesting criminals were evolutionary
regressions.

➢ Alexandre Lacassagne
Creating the Lacassagne School of Criminology in Lyon, France, Alexandre Lacassagne was a
contemporary and rival of Lombroso, who came to crime and psychology through his work as a
physician.

➢ Enrico Ferri

This time, a student of Lombroso: Enrico Ferri was a radical socialist, whose most famous work,
Criminal Sociology, influenced Argentina’s 1921 penal code reforms.

➢ Hans Eysenck
As an opponent of Nazism, Eysenck fled from Berlin to England as a young man.

➢ Robert D. Hare

Author of notable criminology books Psychopathy: Theory and Research and Without
Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us, Hare is a Canadian
researcher in the field of criminal psychology.

➢ Jane Addams

Only the second female recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Adams eschewed her privileged
upbringing and traditional womanly duties to study how society and poverty influence crime.

➢ Edwin Sutherland

One of the most influential criminologists of the 20th Century, Edwin Sutherland authored
Principles of Criminology, a popular textbook.
 ➢ William Julius

A prominent socialist and Harvard alumnus, Julius studied urban sociology, with particular focus
given to those factors – especially urban poverty – that contribute to crime.

➢ Marvin Wolfgang

AMERICAN CRIMINOLOGIST
Marvin Wolfgang, American criminologist who was described by the British Journal of Criminology
as “the most influential criminologist in the English-speaking world.

➢ Walter Reckless

AMERICAN CRIMINOLOGIST
Walter Reckless, American criminologist known for his containment theory of criminology, which
stated that juvenile delinquency commonly arises from a breakdown in moral and social forces

➢ Gresham M. Sykes

AMERICAN CRIMINOLOGIST
Gresham M. Sykes, American criminologist known for his contributions to the study of delinquency
and prisons.

➢ Richard Quinney

AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER AND CRIMINOLOGIST

 Richard Quinney, American philosopher and criminologist known for his critical philosophical
approach to criminal justice research.

➢ Gabriel Tarde

FRENCH SOCIOLOGIST
Gabriel Tarde, French sociologist and criminologist who was one of the most versatile social
scientists of his time. His theory of social interaction (“intermental activity”) emphasized the
individual.

➢ Alfredo Niceforo

ITALIAN SOCIOLOGIST
Alfredo Niceforo, Italian sociologist, criminologist, and statistician who posited the theory that every
person has a “deep ego” of antisocial, subconscious impulses that represent a throwback to
precivilized

➢ Albert Cohen

AMERICAN CRIMINOLOGIST
Albert Cohen, American criminologist best known for his subcultural theory of delinquent gangs.

➢ Travis Hirschi

AMERICAN CRIMINOLOGIST
Travis Hirschi, American criminologist known for his social-control perspective on juvenile
delinquency and his self-control perspective on crime.
 ➢ Raffaele Garofalo

His major contribution was the formulation of a theory of natural crime. The theory
embraces crimes of two types: those of violence and those against property.

➢ Pedro Dorado Montero

was one of the most important figures of Criminal Science and Criminology He held a Criminal Law
professorship a totally different teaching activity from the common teaching of Law geared towards
the lawyers training.