Written by a German follower soon after Lombroso’s death in 1909, this short study traces his predecessors, his theory that criminals form a distinct biological type, the opposition it met, his work on women criminals and his place in the reform of criminal law. It presents as science ideas about inborn criminality that have long been discredited.
A revealing document of how the Italian school of criminology saw itself, best read as history of ideas. Download the free EPUB.