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Pt. 1. Eighteenth-century predecessors -- pt. 2. Phrenology -- pt. 3. Moral and mental insanity -- pt. 4. Evolution, degeneration, and heredity -- pt. 5. The un

The Origins of Criminological Theory offers a new sort of theory textbook, both in content and concept. Whereas other texts offer a mainly twentieth century acc

Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of biological research into the causes of crime, but the origins of this kind of research date back to the late ninetee

Featuring contributions by distinguished scholars from ten countries, The Wiley Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Criminology provides students, scholar

This book sets an agenda for the development of historical approaches to criminology. It defines ‘historical criminology’, explores its characteristic stren