Born to Crime: Cesare Lombroso and the Origins of Biological Criminology
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Despite the popular perception that genetic explanations of the causes of crime are new, biological determinism dates back to the birth of criminology, and the ideas of the man widely regarded as its founder, Cesare Lombroso. His 1876 work, ICriminal Man R, drew on Darwin to propose that most lawbreakers were throwbacks to a more primitive level of human evolution--identifiable by their physical traits, such as small heads, flat noses, large ears,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0275970620
ISBN13:9780275970628
Release Date:August 2002
Publisher:Praeger
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.28 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.9" x 10.1"
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