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 Alexandre Lacassagne
Creating the Lacassagne School of Criminology in Lyon, France, Alexandre Lacassagne was a contemporary and rival of Lombroso Enrico Ferri
This time, a student of Lombroso: Enrico Ferri was a radical socialist, whose most famous work, Criminal Sociology Hans Eysenck
As an opponent of Nazism, Eysenck fled from Berlin to England as a young man. As a psychology professor Robert D. Hare
Author of notable criminology books Psychopathy: Theory and Research and Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us Jane Addams
Only the second female recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Edwin Sutherland
One of the most influential criminologists of the 20th Century, Edwin Sutherland authored Principles of Criminology William Julius
A prominent socialist and Harvard alumnus, Julius studied urban sociology