Editors’ Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Tables xiii
4. List of Illustrations xv
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Editors’ Introduction 1
7. EDITION 1 (1876)
8. Editors’ Foreword 39
9. Author’s Preface 43
10. 1 Criminal Craniums (Sixty-six Skulls) 45
11. 2 Anthropometry and Physiognomy of 832 Criminals 50
12. 3 Tattoos 58
13. 4 Emotions of Criminals 63
14. 5 Criminals and Religion 70
15. 6 Intelligence and Education of Criminals 72
16. 7 Jargon 77
17. 8 Criminal Literature 79
18. 9 Insanity and Crime 81
19. 10 Organized Crime 85
20. 11 Atavism and Punishment 91
21. EDITION 2 (1878)
22. Editors’ Foreword 97
23. Author’s Preface 99
24. 12 Suicide among Criminals 101
25. 13 Criminals of Passion 105
26. 14 Recidivism, Morality, and Remorse 108
27. 15 Handwriting of Criminals 111
28. 16 Etiology of Crime weather and race 114
29. 17 Etiology of Crime civilization, alcohol, and heredity 120
30. 18 Etiology of Crime age, sex, moral education, genitals, and imitation 127
31. 19 Prevention of Crime 135
32. 20 Penal Policy 141
33. Appendix 1. Giovanni Cavaglià 149
34. Appendix 2. A Medical Examination of Parricide and Insanity 154
35. EDITION 3 (1884)
36. Editors’ Foreword 161
37. Author’s Preface 163
38. 21 Crime and Inferior Organisms 167
39. 22 Crime and Prostitution among Savages 175
40. 23 Origins of Punishment 183
41. 24 Moral Insanity and Crime among Children 188
42. 25 Anomalies of the Brain and Internal Organs 198
43. 26 Photographs of Born Criminals 202
44. 27 Sensitivity and Blushing in Criminals 206
45. 28 Moral Insanity and Born Criminality 212
46. 29 Summary of Edition 3 221
47. EDITION 4 (1889)
48. Editors’ Foreword 227
49. Author’s Preface 229
50. 30 Metabolism, Menstruation, and Fertility 237
51. 31 Criminal Communication 239
52. 32 Art and Industry among Criminals 244
53. 33 The Epileptic Criminal 247
54. 34 Epileptics and Born Criminals 253
55. 35 Physiology and Etiology of Epilepsy 260
56. 36 The Insane Criminal 267
57. 37 Biology and Psychology of Insane Criminals 271
58. 38 The Alcoholic Criminal 277
59. 39 The Hysterical Criminal 281
60. 40 The Mattoid 284
61. 41 The Occasional Criminal 288
62. EDITION 5 (1896–97)
63. Editors’ Foreword 299
64. 42 Criminal Craniums (689 Skulls) 301
65. 43 Anthropometry and Physiognomy of 6,608 Criminals 306
66. 44 Political Criminals 313
67. 45 Etiology of Crime urban density, alcoholism, wealth, and religion 316
68. 46 Etiology of Crime heredity, sex, and politics 325
69. 47 Prevention of Crime 331
70. 48 Synthesis and Penal Applications 338
71. Appendix 1 comparison of the five Italian editions 357
72. Appendix 2 illustrations in the five Italian editions 364
73. Notes 371
74. Glossary 401
75. References 411
76. Index 417