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The criminal brain : understanding biological theories of crime / Nicole Rafter.

By: Publication details: New York : New York University Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780814776131 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0814776132 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 9780814776148 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 0814776140 (pb : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.2/4 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6047 .R334 2008
Online resources:
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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