The criminal brain: understanding biological theories of crime

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 br...

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Autor principal: Rafter, Nicole Hahn (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York [u.a.] New York University Press 2008
En:Año: 2008
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UB: KB 20 A 3498
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Palabras clave:
Criminal Behavior > Genetic aspects
Criminal anthropology
Criminal anthropology > History
Kriminologie > Biologie > Anthropologie > Geschichte
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Sumario: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
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:XIV, 317 S. Ill. 23 cm
ISBN:9780814776131
0814776132
9780814776148
0814776140