The criminal brain : understanding biological theories of crime / Nicole Rafter.

New York ; London : New York University Press, [2008], ©2008.

xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.