NCJ Number
14891
Date Published
1973
Length
126 pages
Annotation
OVERVIEW OF HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES WHICH ARE BASED ON THE STUDY OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OFFENDERS.
Abstract
INCLUDED ARE GALL'S THEORY OF PHRENOLOGY, LOMBROSO'S THEORY OF INNATE CRIMINALITY, AND CRITICISMS OF THESE THEORIES. OTHER APPROACHES INCLUDE BRAIN AND BODY TYPES, EVOLUTION AND NATURAL HISTORY, AND GENETIC BIOLOGY. --IN FRENCH