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The criminal brain : understanding biological theories of crime / Nicole Rafter.
- Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-
- Date:
- [2008], ©2008
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
New York ; London : New York University Press, [2008], ©2008.
Physical description
xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contributors
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicinePWM /RAFOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780814776131
- 0814776132
- 9780814776148
- 0814776140