| Description |
xiv, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : crime, history, science -- Biological theories in the 19th-century -- Moral insanity and the origins of criminology -- Phrenology : the abnormal brain -- Criminal anthropology : the atavistic brain -- Evolutionary theories : the degenerate brain -- Stupidity theories : the backward brain -- Constitutional theory : bodytypes and criminality -- Criminology's darkest hour : biocriminology in Nazi Germany -- Contemporary biocriminology -- A criminology for the 21st century. |
| Subject |
Criminal behavior -- Genetic aspects.
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Criminal anthropology.
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Criminal anthropology -- History.
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| ISBN |
0814776140 (pb : alk. paper) |
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9780814776131 (cl : alk. paper) |
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0814776132 (cl : alk. paper) |
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9780814776148 (pb : alk. paper) |
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