Essays on Cesare

The Gender Discrimination in Criminal Justice System

Introduction Traditionally, women have not been viewed as criminals because of their less aggressive nature, making the act of crime to be mainly associated with the male gender. There are several theories brought forth to explain why the female gender would, or would not engage in crime. The theories, however, do not provide satisfactory explanations to the phenomenon leading to counterarguments. Also, the criminal justice of the United States of America has been viewed as discriminatory because it fails to address the gender needs of female offenders whose number has increased over time. This essay discusses the historical perspectives, ...

In 1764, Cesare Beccaria published the book, On Crime and Punishment. His work provided the foundations of classical criminology. In classical criminology, benefits and consequences are argued to be behind all human behavior. Most people compare the future benefits and costs of particular actions before they commit a crime. The argument put forward is that individuals would not participate in any criminal action if the cost is relatively higher than the benefit (Marcello 3). This paper seeks to analyze the Beccaria’s classical school of criminology and how it changed the justice system in the western world. It also ...

Introduction: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligart

“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligart” is German horror movie that was made in 1920 and stands out as an exceptional work of the German expressionist ideology based cinematic art. The theme of the movie is a psychological genre based murder mystery where the antagonist used a somnambulist to conduct homicides on his command by hypnotizing him. Ths essay deals with the other aspects of the movie concerning its generalized opinion , time and era in which it is set, its characters and genre, and the impact of major art movements like Bauhaus and Dada on the cinematic art depicted via ...