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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by New Ideas. Is it just us, or is it getting

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warm under all these light bulbs?

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Which of the following best describes the founding principle of the classical school

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of criminal law?

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To get this one right, we've got to make sure that we have all these different philosophies

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of criminal law straight in our heads.

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We're going to take a sec to look through the passage again to make sure everything's

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imprinted on our brain.

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Now that we've refreshed our memories we can start eliminating.

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(B) describes Ferri's own philosophy.

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Since we know he wasn't a part of the classical school of criminal law, we can take (B) out

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of consideration.

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Answer (C) doesn't work, either.

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Ébecause it describes the correctional school of criminal law.

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Ferri doesn't mention capital punishment explicitly anywhere in the passage.

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taking (D) off the table.

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This leaves (A)

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which perfectly sums up the founding principle of the classical school of criminal law.

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Now somebody turn off the lights, you think we're made of oil?

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