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25 Crimes of Passion

  • Cesare Lombroso and Guglielmo Ferrero
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© 2020 Duke University Press, Durham, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of tables ix
  4. List of illustrations xi
  5. Acknowledgments xiii
  6. Editors’ Introduction 1
  7. Author’s Preface 35
  8. PART I. The Normal Woman
  9. 1 The Female in the Animal World 41
  10. 2 Anatomy and Biology of Woman 46
  11. 3 Senses and Psyche of Woman 58
  12. 4 Cruelty, Compassion, and Maternity 65
  13. 5 Love 73
  14. 6 The Moral Sense 77
  15. 7 Intelligence 82
  16. PART II. Female Criminology
  17. 8 Crime in the Animal World 91
  18. 9 Crimes of Savage and Primitive Women 95
  19. 10 The History of Prostitution 100
  20. PART III. Pathological Anatomy and Anthropometry of Criminal Woman and the Prostitute
  21. 11 The Skull of the Female Offender 107
  22. 12 Pathological Anomalies 114
  23. 13 The Brains of Female Criminals and Prostitutes 118
  24. 14 Anthropometry of Female Criminals 121
  25. 15 Facial and Cephalic Anomalies of Female Criminals and Prostitutes 127
  26. 16 Other Anomalies 131
  27. 17 Photographs of Criminals and Prostitutes 135
  28. 18 The Criminal Type in Women and Its Atavistic Origin 144
  29. 19 Tattoos 151
  30. PART IV. Biology and Psychology of Female Criminals and Prostitutes
  31. 20 Menstruation, Fecundity, Vitality, Strength, and Reflexes 159
  32. 21 Acuteness of Sense and Vision 165
  33. 22 Sexual Sensitivity (Lesbianism and Sexual Psychopathy) 171
  34. 23 The Female Born Criminal 182
  35. 24 Occasional Criminals 193
  36. 25 Crimes of Passion 201
  37. 26 Suicides 209
  38. 27 The Born Prostitute 213
  39. 28 The Occasional Prostitute 222
  40. 29 Insane Criminals 227
  41. 30 Epileptic Criminals and the Morally Insane 231
  42. 31 Hysterical Criminals 234
  43. Appendix 1: Comparing Three Editions of La donna delinquente 241
  44. Appendix 2: Illustrations in the Earlier Editions 256
  45. Notes 259
  46. Glossary 285
  47. References 291
  48. Index 297
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