Title: The criminal anthropological writings of Cesare Lombroso published in the English language periodical literature during the late 19th and early 20th centuries : with bibliographic appendices of books and periodical literature pertaining to Lombroso and criminal anthropology /
Authors: Lombroso, Cesare, 1835-1909.; Horton, David M.; Rich, Katherine E.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Criminal anthropology.
Abstract: Italian psychiatrist and criminal anthropologist Lombroso (d. 1909) is widely acknowledged as the founder of scientific criminology, but his reputation has suffered both because methods and especially standards of precision have outstripped his original work, and also because only readers of Italian had more than fragmentary and often anecdotal access to his ideas. To help alleviate the second problem, 28 of his articles published in English between 1890 and 1929 are presented, along with bibliographic appendices of books and periodical literature pertaining to him and to criminal anthropology. Among the article topics are the physiognomy of the anarchists, atavism and evolution, games among criminals and savages, insane characters in fiction and the drama, and left-handedness and left-sidedness. The text is double spaced. There is no index. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Contents: Preface / Nicole Rafter -- Ch. I. Illustrative studies in criminal anthropology : I. 'La Bete Humaine' and criminal anthropology; II. criminal anthropology and psychiatry -- Ch. II. Illustrative studies in criminal anthropology : III. the physiognomy of the anarchists -- Ch. III. A study of mobs -- Ch. IV. The physical insensibility of woman -- Ch. V. Characteristics of recent prominent criminals -- Ch. VI. Treatment of prisoners -- Ch. VII. Atavism and evolution -- Ch. VIII. Criminal anthropology : its origin and application -- Ch. IX. Criminal anthropology applied to pedagogy -- Ch. X. The savage origin of tattooing -- Ch. XI. Criminal anthropology -- Ch. XII. The heredity of acquired characteristics -- Ch. XIII. Why homicide has increased in the United States -- Ch. XIV. Games among criminals and savages -- Ch. XV. Anarchistic crimes and their causes -- Ch. XVI. Regressive phenomena in evolution -- Ch. XVII. Insane characters in fiction and the drama -- Ch. XVIII. A study of Luigi Luccheni (assassin of the empress of Austria) -- Ch. XIX. The bicycle and crime -- Ch. XX. A paradoxical anarchist -- Ch. XXI. Some aspects of crime -- Ch. XXII. The status of anarchism to-day in Europe and the United States -- Ch. XXIII. Precocity in crime -- Ch. XXIV. Why criminals of genius have no type -- Ch. XXV. Left-handedness and left-sidedness -- Ch. XXVI. Crime in Spain and its history -- Ch. XXVII. The criminal -- Ch. XXVIII. Crime and insanity in the twenty-first century -- App. A. Bibliographies of books and periodical literature pertaining to Cesare Lombroso -- App. B. Bibliographies of books and periodical literature pertaining to criminal anthropology.