02651nam 22005534a 450 991045587670332120200520144314.00-8078-6104-9(CKB)111087027915510(EBL)413449(OCoLC)476237602(SSID)ssj0000183192(PQKBManifestationID)11169897(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183192(PQKBWorkID)10193869(PQKB)10384455(MiAaPQ)EBC413449(Au-PeEL)EBL413449(CaPaEBR)ebr10041266(CaONFJC)MIL930711(EXLCZ)9911108702791551019990728d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInventing the criminal[electronic resource] a history of German criminology, 1880-1945 /Richard F. WetzellChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20001 online resource (364 p.)Studies in legal historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-2535-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-343) and index.Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1: The Origins of Modern Criminology; 2: From Criminal Anthropology to Criminal Psychology, 1880-1914; 3: Criminology and Penal Policy, 1880-1914; 4: Criminal Sociology in the Weimar Years; 5: Varieties of Criminal Biology in the Weimar Years; 6: Criminology under the Nazi Regime; 7: Criminology and Eugenics, 1919-1945; Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexRecent years have witnessed a resurgence of biological research into the causes of crime, but the origins of this kind of research date back to the late nineteenth century. Here, Richard Wetzell presents the first history of German criminology from Imperial Germany through the Weimar Republic to the end of the Third Reich, a period that provided a unique test case for the perils associated with biological explanations of crime.Drawing on a wealth of primary sources from criminological, legal, and psychiatric literature, Wetzell shows that German biomedical research on crime predominateStudies in legal history.CriminologyGermanyHistoryElectronic books.CriminologyHistory.364.943Wetzell Richard F989839MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455876703321Inventing the criminal2287670UNINA