Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. There is little evidence that increasing the severity of the sanction (in the form of sentence length) has any deterrent effect.
2. Cesare Lombroso was well-known for his contributions to biological positivism.
3. Social defense theorists view crime in terms of Bentham’s principle of maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain.
4. Jeremy Bentham coined the term "criminaloid" to refer to born criminals.
5. Hedonism is a doctrine whose central tenet is that the achievement of pleasure is the main goal of life.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True

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