The Cesare Lombroso Handbook

The Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1835 – 1909) is the single-most important figure in the founding of criminology and the study of aberrant conduct in the human Sciences.

The Cesare Lombroso Handbook brings together essays by leading Lombroso scholars.
 

This text presents interdisciplinary work on Lombroso from academics engaged in social history, history of ideas, law and criminology, social studies of science, gender studies, cultural studies and Jewish studies. It will be of interest to scholars, students and the general reader alike.

 

Articles by among others:

Renzo Villa, Mary Gibson, Nicole Rafter, Silvano Montaldo,  Patrizia Guarnieri, Simon Cole, Mariana Valverde, Daniele Velo Dalbrenta, Michael Berkowitz, Dina Siegel, Marc Renneville, Susyan Jou an Neil Davie.

By Paul Knepper & P.J. Ystehede
Published July 9, 2014 10:08 AM - Last modified Apr. 4, 2023 1:10 PM