Crime, Its Causes and Remedies
by Cesare Lombroso
About this book
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
Chapters (33)
1I. Meteorological and Climatic Influences, Months, High Temperatures.
2II. Influence of Mountain Formation Upon Crime, Geology, Soils Producing Goitre, Malaria, Etc
3III. Influence of Race, Virtuous Savages, Criminal Centers, Semitic Race, Greeks in Italy and in France, Cephalic Index, Color of Hair, Jews, Gypsies.
4IV. Civilization, Barbarism, Aggregations of Population, The Press, New Kinds of Crime.
5V. Density of Population, Immigration and Emigration, Birth-Rate.
6VI. Subsistence (Famine, Price of Bread).
7VII. Alcoholism.
8VIII. Influence of Education Upon Crime.
9IX. Influence of Economic Condition, Wealth.
10X. Religion.
11XI. Education, Illegitimate Children, Orphans.
12XII. Heredity.
13XIII. Age, Precocity.
14XIV. Sex, Prostitution.
15XV. Civil Status, Profession, Unemployment.
16XVI. Prisons, Newspapers, Imitation, Leaders, Other Causes.
17XVII. Associations of Criminals and Their Causes
18XVIII. Causes of Political Crimes.
19PART TWO. PROPHYLAXIS AND THERAPEUSIS OF CRIME. I. Penal Substitutes, Climate, Civilization, Density, Scientific Police, Photography, Identification
20II. Prevention of Sexual Crimes and of Fraud
21III. The Prevention of Alcoholism
22IV. Preventive Measures Against the Influence of Poverty and Wealth
23V. Religion
24VI. The Dangers of Instruction, Education, Reform Schools, Etc
25VII. Prevention of Political Crime
26VIII. Penal Institutions
27IX. Absurdities and Contradictions in Criminal Procedure
28PART THREE. SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION. I. Atavism and Epilepsy in Crime and in Punishment
29II. Penalties According to Criminal Anthropology, Fines, Probation System, Insane Asylums, Institutions For The Incorrigible, Capital Punishment
30III. Penalties Anthropologically Adapted to the Sex, Age, Etc., of the Criminal, and to the Nature of the Crime
31IV. Practical Proofs of the Utility of these Reforms, England, Switzerland
32V. Practical Application to the Criticism of Criminal Law, to Expert Testimony, Pedagogy, Art, and Science
33VI. The Utilization of Crime, Symbiosis
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