LEADER 02671nam 22005654a 450 001 9910810213603321 005 20240418140847.0 010 $a979-88-908722-7-2 010 $a0-8078-6104-9 035 $a(CKB)111087027915510 035 $a(EBL)413449 035 $a(OCoLC)476237602 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000183192 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169897 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183192 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10193869 035 $a(PQKB)10384455 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL413449 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10041266 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930711 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413449 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027915510 100 $a19990728d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInventing the criminal$b[electronic resource] $ea history of German criminology, 1880-1945 /$fRichard F. Wetzell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (364 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in legal history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-2535-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-343) and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments; 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; Index 330 $aRecent years have witnessed a resurgence of biological research into the causes of crime, but the origins of this kind of research date back to the late nineteenth century. Here, Richard Wetzell presents the first history of German criminology from Imperial Germany through the Weimar Republic to the end of the Third Reich, a period that provided a unique test case for the perils associated with biological explanations of crime.Drawing on a wealth of primary sources from criminological, legal, and psychiatric literature, Wetzell shows that German biomedical research on crime predominate 410 0$aStudies in legal history. 606 $aCriminology$zGermany$xHistory 615 0$aCriminology$xHistory. 676 $a364.943 700 $aWetzell$b Richard F$0989839 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810213603321 996 $aInventing the criminal$92762336 997 $aUNINA