Born to Crime: Cesare Lombroso and the Origins of Biological Criminology by Mary Gibson

Born to Crime: Cesare Lombroso and the Origins of Biological Criminology

Italian and Italian American Studies (Praeger Hardcover)

Mary Gibson

296 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction sociology informative medium-paced
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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, ICrim...

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