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

  • Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-
Date:
[2008], ©2008
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New York ; London : New York University Press, [2008], ©2008.

Physical description

xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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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  • 9780814776131
  • 0814776132
  • 9780814776148
  • 0814776140