The criminal brain : understanding biological theories of crime /
Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-
The criminal brain : understanding biological theories of crime / Nicole Rafter. - New York : New York University Press, c2008. - xiv, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
9780814776131 (cl : alk. paper) 0814776132 (cl : alk. paper) 9780814776148 (pb : alk. paper) 0814776140 (pb : alk. paper)
2008018675
Criminal behavior--Genetic aspects.
Criminal anthropology.
Criminal anthropology--History.
HV6047 / .R334 2008
364.2/4
The criminal brain : understanding biological theories of crime / Nicole Rafter. - New York : New York University Press, c2008. - xiv, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
9780814776131 (cl : alk. paper) 0814776132 (cl : alk. paper) 9780814776148 (pb : alk. paper) 0814776140 (pb : alk. paper)
2008018675
Criminal behavior--Genetic aspects.
Criminal anthropology.
Criminal anthropology--History.
HV6047 / .R334 2008
364.2/4