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Author Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-

Title The criminal brain : understanding biological theories of crime / Nicole Rafter.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Criminal behavior -- Genetic aspects.
Criminal behavior -- Genetic aspects.
Criminal anthropology.
Criminal anthropology.
Criminal anthropology -- History.
History.
Aanleg.
Criminaliteit.
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