An edition of The criminal brain (2008)

The criminal brain

understanding biological theories of crime

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English
Pages
317

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The criminal brain: understanding biological theories of crime
2008, New York University Press
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New York

Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.2/4
Library of Congress
HV6035 .R34 2008, HV6035.R34 2008, HV6047 .R334 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
317

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16840378M
Internet Archive
criminalbrainund0000raft
ISBN 10
0814776132, 0814776140
ISBN 13
9780814776131, 9780814776148
LCCN
2008018675
OCLC/WorldCat
227000179
Library Thing
6159073
Goodreads
5883139

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