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The origins of criminology : a reader /

The origins of criminology : a reader / edited by Nicole Rafter. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009. - xxvi, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"A GlassHouse book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [340]-345) and index.

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.

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Criminology--History--19th century.
Criminology--History--19th century--Sources.

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