The criminal brain
Subtitle: understanding biological theories of crime
By: Nicole Rafter.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780814776131; 9780814776148
Subjects: Criminal anthropology; Criminal anthropology -- History
Description: By tracing the birth and growth of enduring ideas in criminology, as well as by recognizing historical patterns in the interplay of politics and science, Rafter offers ways to evaluate new theories of the criminal brain that may radically reshape ideas about the causes of criminal behavior. From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : crime, history, science; title: Biological theories in the 19th-century; title: Moral insanity and the origins of criminology; title: Phrenology : the abnormal brain; title: Criminal anthropology : the atavistic brain; title: Evolutionary theories : the degenerate brain; title: Stupidity theories : the backward brain; title: Constitutional theory : bodytypes and criminality; title: Criminology's darkest hour : biocriminology in Nazi Germany; title: Contemporary biocriminology; title: A criminology for the 21st century.