Arnould Bonneville de Marsangy, born in Mons in 1802 and died in 1894 to Paris was a French magistrate.
He was a forerunner in the field of Criminology and originator of ideas such as the criminal (proposed in 1848 and introduced in 1850), parole (which he termed "preparatory liberations"), [1] [2] the generalization of fines in lieu of imprisonment or compensation for victims of a miscarriage of justice, as well, as recidivism.
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This glossary of French criminal law is a list of explanations or translations of contemporary and historical concepts of criminal law in France.
Bonneville delineated a parole system, which he called "preparatory liberation" or "conditional release", as early as 1846 when he delivered a discourse on the topic at the opening session of the Civil Tribunal at Reims.