Criminal man:

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 -- Suici...

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Main Author: Lombroso, Cesare 1835-1909 (Author)
Other Authors: Gibson, Mary 1950- (Contributor), Rafter, Nicole Hahn 1939- (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC Duke University Press 2006
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Summary: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
Item Description:Translated from the Italian. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-416) and index
Physical Description:xviii, 424 p ill 24 cm
ISBN:9780822387800
0822387808