The criminal body : Lombroso and the anatomy of deviance / David G. Horn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horn, David G., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lombroso, Cesare, 1835-1909.

Lombroso, Cesare.

Criminal anthropology--History.

Criminal anthropology.

Criminal anthropology--Italy--History.

Forensic anthropology--Italy--History.

Forensic anthropology.

History.

Italy.

Physical Description:

xii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

The Criminal Body traces the fascinating history of the criminal body by focusing on the work of Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), an Italian physician and anthropologist, who is often regarded as the father of modern criminology. Lombroso founded the concept of the "born criminal" and pioneered the idea that bodies could be used as evidence of dangerousness in criminological investigations. In nineteenth-century Italy, bodies were measured, manipulated, shocked, stretched, photographed and displayed so that judges, penologists, and educators could identify and treat these dangerous individuals. By analyzing work in anthropology, medicine, psychology, and physiology, The Criminal Body offers a startling window into the origins of today's criminological sciences.

Contents:

1 Bodies of Evidence 1

2 The Savage and the Modern 29

3 Making Criminologists 59

4 The Shock of Recognition 87

5 Blood Will Tell 107

6 After Lombroso 133.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-195) and indexes.

ISBN:

0415947286

0415947294

OCLC:

52215001