The origins of criminology : a reader / edited by Nicole Rafter. - xxvi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Eighteenth-century predecessors -- Phrenology -- Moral and mental insanity -- Evolution, degeneration, and heredity -- The underclass and the underworld -- Criminal anthropology -- Habitual criminals and their identification -- Eugenic criminology -- Criminal statistics -- Sociological approaches to crime.

9780415451116 (hbk.) Hadiah


Criminology--History--19th century.
Criminology--History--19th century--Sources.