Crime, Its Causes and Remedies

Author: Cesare Lombroso

Genre: Law, Political Science, Psychology

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Published as the third volume in the Modern Criminal Science Series, Cesare Lombroso, renowned Italian criminologist, collected a wealth of information regarding the incidence, classification, and causes of crime. Crime calendars, the geography of crime, unusual events and circumstances leading to more frequent crime, political motivations and associations of criminal enterprise and an assessment of the real value and effectiveness of prisons and reform programs are all included in this three part volume. - Summary by Leon Harvey

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General Introduction to the Modern Criminal Science Series, Introduction to the English Vesion, The Authors Preface, Translators NoteI. Meteorological and Climatic Influences, Months, High Temperatures.II. Influence of Mountain Formation Upon Crime, Geology, Soils Producing Goitre, Malaria, EtcIII. Influence of Race, Virtuous Savages, Criminal Centers, Semitic Race, Greeks in Italy and in France, Cephalic Index, Color of Hair, Jews, Gypsies.IV. Civilization, Barbarism, Aggregations of Population, The Press, New Kinds of Crime.V. Density of Population, Immigration and Emigration, Birth-Rate.VI. Subsistence (Famine, Price of Bread).VII. Alcoholism.VIII. Influence of Education Upon Crime.IX. Influence of Economic Condition, Wealth.X. Religion.XI. Education, Illegitimate Children, Orphans.XII. Heredity.XIII. Age, Precocity.XIV. Sex, Prostitution.XV. Civil Status, Profession, Unemployment.XVI. Prisons, Newspapers, Imitation, Leaders, Other Causes.XVII. Associations of Criminals and Their CausesXVIII. Causes of Political Crimes.PART TWO. PROPHYLAXIS AND THERAPEUSIS OF CRIME. I. Penal Substitutes, Climate, Civilization, Density, Scientific Police, Photography, IdentificationII. Prevention of Sexual Crimes and of FraudIII. The Prevention of AlcoholismIV. Preventive Measures Against the Influence of Poverty and WealthV. ReligionVI. The Dangers of Instruction, Education, Reform Schools, EtcVII. Prevention of Political CrimeVIII. Penal InstitutionsIX. Absurdities and Contradictions in Criminal ProcedurePART THREE. SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION. I. Atavism and Epilepsy in Crime and in PunishmentII. Penalties According to Criminal Anthropology, Fines, Probation System, Insane Asylums, Institutions For The Incorrigible, Capital PunishmentIII. Penalties Anthropologically Adapted to the Sex, Age, Etc., of the Criminal, and to the Nature of the CrimeIV. Practical Proofs of the Utility of these Reforms, England, SwitzerlandV. Practical Application to the Criticism of Criminal Law, to Expert Testimony, Pedagogy, Art, and ScienceVI. The Utilization of Crime, Symbiosis

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