The origins of criminology : a reader - Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939- (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Criminology -- History -- 19th century; Criminology -- History -- 19th century -- Sources