Cesare Lombroso’s anthropological theory of crime assumes that crime is genetic in nature. Lombroso in particular assumes that this is an atavistic type of criminal. Main proponent Cesare Lombroso Theory Genetic theories and research projects that deal with crime can be found mainly in Italy in the 19th century, in
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Criminology
What is criminology? Criminology derives from the Latin word ‘crimen’ (crime) and the Greek word ‘logos’ (doctrine). The “invention” of the term criminology (here: criminologia) is attributed to the Italian scholar Raffaele Garofalo, who published the book “Criminologia: Studio sul Delitto, Sulle sue Cause e sui Mezzi di Repressione” in
