Criminal man / Cesare Lombroso ; translated and with a new introduction by Mary Gibson and Nicole Hahn Rafter, with translation assistance from Mark Seymour.
2006
K5018 .L66 2006 (Mapit)
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Uomo delinquente. English
Title
Criminal man / Cesare Lombroso ; translated and with a new introduction by Mary Gibson and Nicole Hahn Rafter, with translation assistance from Mark Seymour.
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Imprint
Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2006.
Description
xviii, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Criminal craniums (sixty-six skulls)
Anthropometry and physiognomy of 832 criminals
Tattoos
Emotions of criminals
Criminals and religion
Intelligence and education of criminals
Jargon
Criminal literature
Insanity and crime
Organized crime
Atavism and punishment
Suicide among criminals
Criminals of passion
Recidivism, morality, and remorse
Handwriting of criminals
Etiology of crime : weather and race
Etiology of crime : civilization, alcohol, and heredity
Etiology of crime : age, sex, moral education, genitals, and imitation
Prevention of crime
Penal policy
Crime and inferior organisms
Crime and prostitution among savages
Origins of punishment
Moral insanity and crime among children
Anomalies of the brain and internal organs
Photographs of born criminals
Sensitivity and blushing in criminals
Moral insanity and born criminality
Summary of edition 3
Metabolism, menstruation, and fertility
Criminal communication
Art and industry among criminals
The epileptic criminal
Epileptics and born criminals
Physiology and etiology of epilepsy
The insane criminal
Biology and psychology of insane criminals
The alcoholic criminal
The hysterical criminal
The mattoid
The occasional criminal
Criminal craniums (689 skulls)
Anthropometry and physiognomy of 6,608 criminals
Political criminals
Etiology of crime : urban density, alcoholism, wealth, and religion
Etiology of crime : heredity, sex, and politics
Prevention of crime
Synthesis and penal applications.
Cesare Lombroso is widely considered the founder of criminology. His theory of the "born" criminal dominated European and American thinking about the causes of criminal behavior during the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth. This volume offers English-language readers the first critical, scholarly translation of Lombroso's Criminal man, one of the most famous criminological treatises ever written. The text laid the groundwork for subsequent biological theories of crime, including contemporary genetic explanations
Cover.
Anthropometry and physiognomy of 832 criminals
Tattoos
Emotions of criminals
Criminals and religion
Intelligence and education of criminals
Jargon
Criminal literature
Insanity and crime
Organized crime
Atavism and punishment
Suicide among criminals
Criminals of passion
Recidivism, morality, and remorse
Handwriting of criminals
Etiology of crime : weather and race
Etiology of crime : civilization, alcohol, and heredity
Etiology of crime : age, sex, moral education, genitals, and imitation
Prevention of crime
Penal policy
Crime and inferior organisms
Crime and prostitution among savages
Origins of punishment
Moral insanity and crime among children
Anomalies of the brain and internal organs
Photographs of born criminals
Sensitivity and blushing in criminals
Moral insanity and born criminality
Summary of edition 3
Metabolism, menstruation, and fertility
Criminal communication
Art and industry among criminals
The epileptic criminal
Epileptics and born criminals
Physiology and etiology of epilepsy
The insane criminal
Biology and psychology of insane criminals
The alcoholic criminal
The hysterical criminal
The mattoid
The occasional criminal
Criminal craniums (689 skulls)
Anthropometry and physiognomy of 6,608 criminals
Political criminals
Etiology of crime : urban density, alcoholism, wealth, and religion
Etiology of crime : heredity, sex, and politics
Prevention of crime
Synthesis and penal applications.
Cesare Lombroso is widely considered the founder of criminology. His theory of the "born" criminal dominated European and American thinking about the causes of criminal behavior during the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth. This volume offers English-language readers the first critical, scholarly translation of Lombroso's Criminal man, one of the most famous criminological treatises ever written. The text laid the groundwork for subsequent biological theories of crime, including contemporary genetic explanations
Cover.
Summary
Cesare Lombroso is widely considered the founder of criminology. His theory of the "born" criminal dominated European and American thinking about the causes of criminal behavior during the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth. This volume offers English-language readers the first critical, scholarly translation of Lombroso's Criminal man, one of the most famous criminological treatises ever written. The text laid the groundwork for subsequent biological theories of crime, including contemporary genetic explanations--Cover.
Note
Translated from the Italian.
Language Note
Translated from Italian.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-416) and index.
Available Note
Also issued online.
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Online version: Lombroso, Cesare, 1835-1909. Uomo delinquente. English. Criminal man. Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2006
Call Number
K5018 .L66 2006
Language
English
ISBN
0822337118 cloth alkaline paper
9780822337119 cloth alkaline paper
0822337231 paperback alkaline paper
9780822337232
9780822337119 cloth alkaline paper
0822337231 paperback alkaline paper
9780822337232
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