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
1 General Introduction to the Modern Criminal Science Series, Introduction to the English Vesion, The Authors Preface, Translators Note 1 h 4 min 2 I. Meteorological and Climatic Influences, Months, High Temperatures 31 min 3 II. Influence of Mountain Formation Upon Crime, Geology, Soils Producing Goitre, Malaria, Etc 7 min 4 III. Influence of Race, Virtuous Savages, Criminal Centers, Semitic Race, Greeks in Italy and in France, Cephalic Index, Color of Hair, Jews, Gypsies 45 min 5 IV. Civilization, Barbarism, Aggregations of Population, The Press, New Kinds of Crime 35 min 6 V. Density of Population, Immigration and Emigration, Birth-Rate 33 min 7 VI. Subsistence (Famine, Price of Bread) 18 min 8 VII. Alcoholism 34 min 9 VIII. Influence of Education Upon Crime 27 min 10 IX. Influence of Economic Condition, Wealth 31 min 11 X. Religion 15 min 12 XI. Education, Illegitimate Children, Orphans 12 min 13 XII. Heredity 44 min 14 XIII. Age, Precocity 10 min 15 XIV. Sex, Prostitution 22 min 16 XV. Civil Status, Profession, Unemployment 34 min 17 XVI. Prisons, Newspapers, Imitation, Leaders, Other Causes 6 min 18 XVII. Associations of Criminals and Their Causes 28 min 19 XVIII. Causes of Political Crimes 37 min 20 PART TWO. PROPHYLAXIS AND THERAPEUSIS OF CRIME. I. Penal Substitutes, Climate, Civilization, Density, Scientific Police, Photography, Identification 21 min 21 II. Prevention of Sexual Crimes and of Fraud 22 min 22 III. The Prevention of Alcoholism 22 min 23 IV. Preventive Measures Against the Influence of Poverty and Wealth 35 min 24 V. Religion 19 min 25 VI. The Dangers of Instruction, Education, Reform Schools, Etc 52 min 26 VII. Prevention of Political Crime 11 min 27 VIII. Penal Institutions 46 min 28 IX. Absurdities and Contradictions in Criminal Procedure 25 min 29 PART THREE. SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION. I. Atavism and Epilepsy in Crime and in Punishment 39 min 30 II. Penalties According to Criminal Anthropology, Fines, Probation System, Insane Asylums, Institutions For The Incorrigible, Capital Punishment 43 min 31 III. Penalties Anthropologically Adapted to the Sex, Age, Etc., of the Criminal, and to the Nature of the Crime 47 min 32 IV. Practical Proofs of the Utility of these Reforms, England, Switzerland 10 min 33 V. Practical Application to the Criticism of Criminal Law, to Expert Testimony, Pedagogy, Art, and Science 14 min 34 VI. The Utilization of Crime, Symbiosis 25 min
