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Criminal Woman, the Prostitute, and the Normal Woman

  • Cesare Lombroso and Guglielmo Ferrero
  • Translated by: Mary Gibson and Nicole Hahn Rafter
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2004
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A new translation of Cesar Lombroso's La Donna Delinquente, with a new scholarly introduction.

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Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909), an internationally famous physician and criminologist, wrote extensively about jurisprudence, psychiatry, human sexuality, and the causes of crime.

As a young law student, Guglielmo Ferrero (1871–1942) assisted Lombroso with research.

Reviews

“Cesare Lombroso created the field of criminology, but there has been a lack of available textbooks making his arguments accessible to today’s students of history, law, and sociology. This volume fills that void. Offering work previously not translated along with a scholarly introduction and new visual evidence, it reveals Lombroso’s argument without distorting the peculiar and genuinely contradictory character of his reasoning.”—Peter Becker, European University Institute

“Criminal Woman, the Prostitute, and the Normal Woman is a major publishing landmark in criminology. Nicole Hahn Rafter and Mary Gibson have achieved a remarkable feat in translating this pivotal work and presenting it for scholars to study in a well-edited text. It gives new insights into positivism and the history of the subject. It will be required reading for anyone interested in developments in the field. It may even lead to new evaluations of Lombroso’s contribution, not least by feminist scholars.”—Frances Heidensohn, Goldsmiths College, University of London

“Rafter and Gibson’s new edition of Criminal Woman is a vital resource for a diverse range of researchers and students. They effectively demonstrate that a new translation was long overdue, and adjustments can be made to textbooks and courses on criminology in the light of it.”

-- Lizzie Seal Crime, Law and Social Change

"A magnificently useful and user-friendly edition within the history of European social thought. It deserves the widest possible readership."

-- Daniel Vyleta European History Quarterly

"Entertaining reading . . . . Rafter and Gibson, who are extremely smart, defend their project on the grounds that we should be able to consult Lombroso's original to contextualize our knee-jerk reaction to his ideas. . . . Surely we can take Lombroso seriously in his struggle to reconcile discrepant discourses and still seize with glee on his absurdities."

-- Charisse Gendron Rain Taxi

"[Lombroso's] still relevant works haunt contemporary ideas of criminality and jurisprudence. Current debates over the biology of mind versus the role of environment ably show that we haven't resolved the nature-nurture fray Lombroso entered—nor do we actually know much more about what makes a criminal than he did. Although maybe we doubt it has quite so much to do with the mandible."

-- Alexis Soloski Village Voice


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PART I. The Normal Woman

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PART II. Female Criminology

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PART III. Pathological Anatomy and Anthropometry of Criminal Woman and the Prostitute

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PART IV. Biology and Psychology of Female Criminals and Prostitutes

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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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eBook ISBN:
9780822385592
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32 b&w photos, 30 tables
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