PART I.—THE CRIMINAL WORLD | |
CHAPTER I | PAGE |
The Born Criminal | 3 |
| Classical and modern schools of penal jurisprudence—Physical anomalies of the born criminal—Senses and functions—Psychology—Intellectual manifestations—The criminal in proverbial sayings. | |
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CHAPTER II | |
The Born Criminal and his Relation to Moral Insanity and Epilepsy | 52 |
| Identity of born criminals and the morally insane—Analogy of physical and psychic characters, origin and development—Epilepsy—Multiformity of disease—Equivalence of certain forms to criminality—Physical and psychic characters—Cases of moral insanity with latent epileptic phenomena. | |
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CHAPTER III | |
The Insane Criminal | 74 |
| General forms of criminal insanity, imbecility, melancholia, general paralysis, dementia, monomania—Physical and psychic characters of the mentally deranged—Special forms of criminal insanity—Inebriate lunatics from inebriation—Physical and psychic characters—Specific crimes—Epileptic lunatics—Manifestations—Hysterical lunatics—Physical and functional characters—Psychology. | |
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CHAPTER IV | |
Criminaloids | 100 |
| Psychology—Tardy adoption of criminal career—Repentance—Confession—Moral sense and affections—Habitual criminals—Juridical criminals—Criminals of passion. | |
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PART II.—CRIME, ITS ORIGIN, CAUSE, AND CURE | |
CHAPTER I | |
Origin and Causes of Crime | 125 |
| Atavistic origin of crime—Criminality in children—Pathological origin of crime—Direct and indirect heredity—Illnesses, intoxications, and traumatism—Alcoholism—Social causes of crime—Education and environment—Atmospheric and climatic influences—Density of population—Imitation—Immigration—Prison life—Economic conditions—Sex—Age. |
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CHAPTER II | |
The Prevention of Crime | 153 |
| Preventive institutions for children and young people—Homes for orphans and destitute children—Colonies for unruly youths—Institutions for assisting adults—Salvation Army. |
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CHAPTER III | |
Methods for the Cure and Repression of Crime | 175 |
| Juvenile offenders—Children's Courts—Institutions for female offenders—Minor offenders, criminals of passion, political offenders, and criminaloids—Probation system and indeterminate sentence—Reformatories—Penitentiaries—Institutes for habitual criminals—Penal colonies—Institutions for born criminals and the morally insane—Asylums for insane criminals—Capital punishment—Symbiosis. | |
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PART III.—CHARACTERS AND TYPES OF CRIMINALS | |
CHAPTER I | |
Examination of Criminals | 219 |
| Antecedents and psychology—Methods of testing intelligence and emotions—Morbid phenomena—Speech, memory, and handwriting—Clothing—Physical examination—Tests of sensibility and senses—Excretions—Table of anthropological examination of criminals and the insane. |
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CHAPTER II | |
Summary of Chief Forms of Criminality to Aid in Distinguishing between Criminals and Lunatics and in Detecting Simulations of Insanity | 258 |
| A few cases showing the practical application of criminal anthropology. | |
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| APPENDIX | |
Works of Cesare Lombroso (Briefly Summarised) | |
I. | The Man of Genius | 283 |
II. | Criminal Man | 288 |
III. | The Female Offender. (In Collaboration with Guglielmo Ferrero.) |
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