Lombroso / Ferrero Criminal Woman, the Prostitute, and the Normal Woman

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8559-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

A new translation of Cesar Lombroso's La Donna Delinquente, with a new scholarly introduction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lombroso, Cesare

Ferrero, Guglielmo

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gibson, Mary

Rafter, Nicole Hahn

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables ix

List of Illustrations xi

Acknowledgments xiv

Editors' Introduction 3

Author's Preface 35

Part I The Normal Woman

1 The Female in the Animal World 41

2 Anatomy and Biology of Woman 46

3 Senses and Psyche of Woman 58

4 Cruelty, Compassion, and Maternity 65

5 Love 73

6 The Moral Sense 77

7 Intelligence 82

Part II Female Criminology

8 Crime in the Animal Wlorld 91

9 Crimes of Savage and Primitive Women 95

10 The History of Prostitution 100

Part III Pathological Anatiomy and Antrhpopmetry of Criminal Woman and the Prostitute

11 The Skull of the Female Offender 107

12 Pathological Anomalies 114

13 The Brains of Female Criminals and Prostitutes 118

14 Anthropometry of Female Criminals 121

15 Facial and Cephalic Anomalies of Female Criminals and Prostitutes 127

16 Other Anomalies 131

17 Photographs of Criminals and Prostitutes 135

18 the Criminal Type in women and Its Atavistic Origin 144

19 Tatoos 151

Part IV Biology and Psychology of Female Criminals and Prostitues

20 Menstruation, Fecundity, Vitality, Strength, and Reflexes 159

21 Acuteness of Sense and Vision 165

22 Sexual Sensitivity (Lesbianism and Sexual Psychopathy) 171

23 The Female Born Criminal 182

24 Occasional Criminals 193

25 Crims of Passion 201

26 Suicides 209

27 The Born Prisotiute 213

28 The Occasional Prostitute 222

29 Insane Criminals 227

30 Epileptic Criminals and the Morally Insane 231

31 Hysterical Criminals 234

Appendix 1: Comparing Three Editions of La donna delinquente 241

Appendix 2: Illustrations in the Earlier Editions 256

Notes 259

Glossary 285

References 291

Index 297

Über Autor(innen)

Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909), an internationally famous physician and criminologist, wrote extensively about jurisprudence, psychiatry, human sexuality, and the causes of crime.As a young law student, Guglielmo Ferrero (1871–1942) assisted Lombroso with research.