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Inventing the criminal : a history of German criminology, 1880-1945 /

A history of German criminology from Imperial Germany through the Weimar Republic to the end of the Third Reich. Drawing on primary sources, it shows that German biomedical research on crime predominated over sociological research and thus contributed to the rise of the eugenics movement.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wetzell, Richard F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2000]
Colección:Studies in legal history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The origins of modern criminology
  • From criminal anthropology to criminal psychology, 1880-1914
  • Criminology and penal policy, 1880-1914
  • Criminal sociology in the Weimar years
  • Varieties of criminal biology in the Weimar years
  • Criminology under the Nazi regime
  • Criminology and eugenics, 1919-1945.