HistoryThe classical theory, now known as rational choice theory or choice theory, was founded over two hundred years ago in the 18th century by two philosophers, Cesare Beccaria and Jeremy Bentham. Both used theories to correlate with criminal justice, to interpret the reasoning of actions and a concept on the connection between carrying out illegal actions.Cesare Beccaria and Jeremy BenthamThe founder Cesare Beccaria was not only a philosopher but also a criminologist who based all the his theories of human behavior with criminology. Beccaria is best known for “On Crimes and Punishments,” which influenced penal systems around the world. Beccaria was very adamant about having laws and punishments, especially a criminal justice system to have a civil society. His theories were that everyone had rational free will and that all decisions made were carefully thought out beforehand, actions were chosen and had motivations. The second founder was Jeremy Bentham, a liberal whose theories were generally the same and involved criminal justice for the law, humans and animals. His idea was that the morality of the act equated to the amount of happiness. Bentham was also a proponent of utilitarianism. Choice theory is related to utilitarianism that, in summary, all actions are motivated by happiness and the prevention of pain. Bentham believes that people have absolute free will to make decisions and to always think before making them and think about choices that benefit their happiness and spare them pain. The concept of consequentialism was also raised by Bentham. “Choice theory suggests that juvenile delinquents are rational decision makers who choose to engage in antisocial activities because they believe their actions will be beneficial. (59.Sega......middle of paper......from evil they sometimes get involved with bad influences or learn from others but they have the possibility to decide if they want to commit a delinquent act. Trait theory with which I agree with a little less when it comes to adults. Yes, I am aware and I know that not everyone can make clear and healthy decisions, but it doesn't happen often. But with young people it's different at a young age, they are strongly influenced by everything around them like other students, family, home and background, genetics, even the music they listen to and the television they watch. Now it's more of a problem with the increased exposure of technology that young people are connected to 'utilitarianism, which I absolutely agree with because I consider most people to be selfish not in such a bad way, but all choices are for the sole purpose of its benefit, getting pleasure instead of pain.