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Cesare Lombroso

Born

in Verona, Italy

November 06, 1835

Died

October 19, 1909

Genre

Social Sciences, Criminology

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Italian criminologist, physician, and founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology. Lombroso rejected the established Classical School, which held that crime was a characteristic trait of human nature.

Instead, using concepts drawn from physiognomy, early eugenics, psychiatry and Social Darwinism, Lombroso's theory of anthropological criminology essentially stated that criminality was inherited, and that someone "born criminal" could be identified by physical defects, which confirmed a criminal as savage, or atavistic. ...more

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Average rating: 3.51 · 612 ratings · 54 reviews · 191 distinct works • Similar authors

	Criminal Man by Cesare Lombroso, Mary Gibson (Translator), Nicole Hahn Rafter (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2006 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man of Genius 3.42 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1889 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Criminal Woman, the Prostitute, and the Normal Woman by Cesare Lombroso, Guglielmo Ferrero, Nicole Hahn Rafter 3.32 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2003 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tatuaż przestępcy by Cesare Lombroso, Jan Ludwik Popławski (Translator) 3.51 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Любовь у помешанных by Cesare Lombroso, Чезаре Ломброзо 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1890 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Female Offender 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Death What? 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1988 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genio e Follia 2.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gli Anarchi 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1895 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zbrodniarka urodzona by Cesare Lombroso, I. Szenhak (Translator) 2.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1894	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself. ”
― Cesare Lombroso

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“Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.”
― Cesare Lombroso

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“[G]enius is a true degenerative psychosis belonging to the group of moral insanity . . .”
― Cesare Lombroso, The Man of Genius

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