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Born to Crime
Cesare Lombroso and the Origins of Biological Criminology
Buch von Mary Gibson
Sprache: Englisch

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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, and the like. These born criminals could not escape their biological destiny.

The scientific appeal of these theories of criminal anthropology had a powerful and long-lasting impact on criminological theory and practice in contemporary Italy, Europe, and the Western world as a whole, and even today the stereotypes they created resonate in popular culture. But while these ideas had a wide influence, their origins were very much in a specific time and place-the political, economic, and social history of modern Italy. Gibson shows that understanding the development of Lombroso's thinking is much more complicated than merely pinning his ideas onto the left-right political spectrum; he influenced socialists and fascists, lawyers and doctors, policemen and social workers alike. In the end, she argues for a more subtle interpretation of his theories, emphasizing that Lombroso himself acknowledged the multifaceted nature of criminal behavior.
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, and the like. These born criminals could not escape their biological destiny.

The scientific appeal of these theories of criminal anthropology had a powerful and long-lasting impact on criminological theory and practice in contemporary Italy, Europe, and the Western world as a whole, and even today the stereotypes they created resonate in popular culture. But while these ideas had a wide influence, their origins were very much in a specific time and place-the political, economic, and social history of modern Italy. Gibson shows that understanding the development of Lombroso's thinking is much more complicated than merely pinning his ideas onto the left-right political spectrum; he influenced socialists and fascists, lawyers and doctors, policemen and social workers alike. In the end, she argues for a more subtle interpretation of his theories, emphasizing that Lombroso himself acknowledged the multifaceted nature of criminal behavior.
Über den Autor

Mary Gibson is Professor Emerita of History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA. She is the author of Born to Crime: Cesare Lombroso and the Origins of Biological Criminology (2002) and Prostitution and the State in Italy, 1860-1915 (2nd Edition, 1999).

MARY GIBSON is Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate School, City University of New York.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Criminal Man
Female Offender
Race and Crime
"Scientific Police"
Juvenille Delinquency
Theory and Law after Lombroso
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Fachbereich: Strafrecht
Genre: Importe, Recht
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780275970628
ISBN-10: 0275970620
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Gibson, Mary
Hersteller: Praeger
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 240 x 161 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Mary Gibson
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2002
Gewicht: 0,602 kg
Artikel-ID: 102406643
Über den Autor

Mary Gibson is Professor Emerita of History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA. She is the author of Born to Crime: Cesare Lombroso and the Origins of Biological Criminology (2002) and Prostitution and the State in Italy, 1860-1915 (2nd Edition, 1999).

MARY GIBSON is Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate School, City University of New York.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Criminal Man
Female Offender
Race and Crime
"Scientific Police"
Juvenille Delinquency
Theory and Law after Lombroso
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Fachbereich: Strafrecht
Genre: Importe, Recht
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780275970628
ISBN-10: 0275970620
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Gibson, Mary
Hersteller: Praeger
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 240 x 161 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Mary Gibson
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2002
Gewicht: 0,602 kg
Artikel-ID: 102406643
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