An organ of murder: crime, violence, and phrenology in nineteenth-century America

"An Organ of Murder explores the origins of both popular and elite theories of criminality in the nineteenth-century United States, focusing in particular on the influence of phrenology. In the United States, phrenology shaped the production of medico-legal knowledge around crime, the treatment...

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Main Author: Thompson, Courtney E. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick Camden Newark, New Jersey London Rutgers University Press [2021]
In:Year: 2021
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Phrenology > United States > History > 19th century
Criminal anthropology > United States > History > 19th century
Criminal Psychology > United States > History > 19th century
Criminology > United States > History > 19th century
USA > Kraniologie > Kriminalität > Geschichte
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