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Crime, Its Causes and Remedies

by Cesare Lombroso

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.

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Language

English

Original Language

Italian

Published In

1899

Authors

Cesare Lombroso image

Cesare Lombroso was an Italian criminologist, phrenologist, physician, and founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology. Lombroso rejected the established classical school, which held that...

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00 - General Introduction to the Modern Criminal Science Series, Introduction to the English Vesion, The Authors Preface, Translators Note
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00 - General Introduction to the Modern Criminal Science Series, Introduction to the English Vesion, The Authors Preface, Translators Note
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01 - I. Meteorological and Climatic Influences, Months, High Temperatures.
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02 - II. Influence of Mountain Formation Upon Crime, Geology, Soils Producing Goitre, Malaria, Etc
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03 - III. Influence of Race, Virtuous Savages, Criminal Centers, Semitic Race, Greeks in Italy and in France, Cephalic Index, Color of Hair, Jews, Gypsies.
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04 - IV. Civilization, Barbarism, Aggregations of Population, The Press, New Kinds of Crime.
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05 - V. Density of Population, Immigration and Emigration, Birth-Rate.
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06 - VI. Subsistence (Famine, Price of Bread).
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07 - VII. Alcoholism.
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08 - VIII. Influence of Education Upon Crime.
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09 - IX. Influence of Economic Condition, Wealth.
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10 - X. Religion.
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11 - XI. Education, Illegitimate Children, Orphans.
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12 - XII. Heredity.
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13 - XIII. Age, Precocity.
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14 - XIV. Sex, Prostitution.
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15 - XV. Civil Status, Profession, Unemployment.
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16 - XVI. Prisons, Newspapers, Imitation, Leaders, Other Causes.
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17 - XVII. Associations of Criminals and Their Causes
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18 - XVIII. Causes of Political Crimes.
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19 - PART TWO. PROPHYLAXIS AND THERAPEUSIS OF CRIME. I. Penal Substitutes, Climate, Civilization, Density, Scientific Police, Photography, Identification
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20 - II. Prevention of Sexual Crimes and of Fraud
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21 - III. The Prevention of Alcoholism
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22 - IV. Preventive Measures Against the Influence of Poverty and Wealth
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23 - V. Religion
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24 - VI. The Dangers of Instruction, Education, Reform Schools, Etc
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25 - VII. Prevention of Political Crime
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26 - VIII. Penal Institutions
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27 - IX. Absurdities and Contradictions in Criminal Procedure
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28 - PART THREE. SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION. I. Atavism and Epilepsy in Crime and in Punishment
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29 - II. Penalties According to Criminal Anthropology, Fines, Probation System, Insane Asylums, Institutions For The Incorrigible, Capital Punishment
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30 - III. Penalties Anthropologically Adapted to the Sex, Age, Etc., of the Criminal, and to the Nature of the Crime
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31 - IV. Practical Proofs of the Utility of these Reforms, England, Switzerland
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32 - V. Practical Application to the Criticism of Criminal Law, to Expert Testimony, Pedagogy, Art, and Science
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33 - VI. The Utilization of Crime, Symbiosis
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