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- Book Title
- Born to Crime
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0275970620
ISBN-13
9780275970628
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2256669
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Publication Name
Born to Crime : Cesare Lombroso and the Origins of Biological Criminology
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Subject
General, Criminology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, Social Science
Series
Italian and Italian American Studies
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
20.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2001-059152
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Gibson has done a superb job of describing the history of criminology....A very readable account of Cesare Lombroso and his influence on the field of biological criminology. Recommended. All levels."- Choice, "What sets this book apart is the manner which Gibson describes the historical context in which this school of criminology developed." journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, "Gibson has done a superb job of describing the history of criminology....A very readable account of Cesare Lombroso and his influence on the field of biological criminology. Recommended. All levels." Choice, "[A] most authoritative work on Italian physician Cesare Lombroso and the origins of positivist criminology...her book is a breath of fresh air...this book is an endlessly fascinating journey into the intricacies of early positivist criminology...anyone wishing to be informed about the Italian school of criminology is not likely to receive a more thorough education from any other single source anytime soon."- Human Nature Review, "Gibson's cool and informative appraisal of the origins of criminology and the adaptation of forensic science in the age of Mussolini is a significant contribution to the field." The American Historical Review, "Born to Crime makes a clear and compelling case for the intellectual and practical significance of the theory of the born criminal and its varied expressions in the culture and practice of criminal justice in modern Italy. However, as Givson's very useful book convinces us, a belief that physical features reveal underlying pathologies of character, which criminal anthropology shared with racists, eugenicists, and antisemites all over the industrialized world in the first half of the twentieth century, prepared the way for far more sinister consequences."- Journal of Modern History, "Born to Crime makes a clear and compelling case for the intellectual and practical significance of the theory of the born criminal and its varied expressions in the culture and practice of criminal justice in modern Italy. However, as Givson's very useful book convinces us, a belief that physical features reveal underlying pathologies of character, which criminal anthropology shared with racists, eugenicists, and antisemites all over the industrialized world in the first half of the twentieth century, prepared the way for far more sinister consequences." Journal of Modern History, "[A] most authoritative work on Italian physician Cesare Lombroso and the origins of positivist criminology...her book is a breath of fresh air...this book is an endlessly fascinating journey into the intricacies of early positivist criminology...anyone wishing to be informed about the Italian school of criminology is not likely to receive a more thorough education from any other single source anytime soon." Human Nature Review, "Gibson's cool and informative appraisal of the origins of criminology and the adaptation of forensic science in the age of Mussolini is a significant contribution to the field."- The American Historical Review
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
364.2/4
Table Of Content
Introduction Criminal Man Female Offender Race and Crime "Scientific Police" Juvenille Delinquency Theory and Law after Lombroso Conclusion Bibliography Index
Synopsis
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.
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