Title: Rationale of crime, and its appropriate treatment
First published: 1846
Description: "First American edition, cosiderably enlarged by Eliza Farnham with her extensive notes and with 19 engraved portraits from daguerreotypes made by Mathew Brady for this publication. Farnham was a matron of the Mt. Pleasant State Prison for Women at Sing Sing. Famous for her role as a prison reformer, Farnham was interested in phrenology, which linked character traits with the shape of the skull. -- from book sellers description
Subjects: Criminology, Phrenology, Criminal Psychology
LC classification: KD7897 .S26 1846