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

New York : New York University Press, c2008.

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Criminal behavior -- Genetic aspects.

Criminal anthropology.

Criminal anthropology -- History.

1. Part I. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part II. 6. 7. 8. 9. Part III. 10. 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

Biological theories in the 20th century

Stupidity theories: the backward brain

Constitutional theory: bodytypes and criminality

Criminology's darkest hour: biocriminology in Nazi Germany

Contemporary biocriminology

Biological theories in the 21st century

A criminology for the 21st century.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780814776148

xiv, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm