The Criminal Brain : Understanding Biological Theories of Crime /

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : New York University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Criminal anthropology > History.
Criminal anthropology.
Criminal behavior > Genetic aspects.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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