Crime, Its Causes and Remedies

Cesare Lombroso (1835 - 1909)
Translated by Henry P. Horton (1869 - )

Published as the third volume in the Modern Criminal Science Series, Cesare Lombroso, renowned Italian criminologist, collected a wealth of information regarding the incidence, classification, and causes of crime. Crime calendars, the geography of crime, unusual events and circumstances leading to more frequent crime, political motivations and associations of criminal enterprise and an assessment of the real value and effectiveness of prisons and reform programs are all included in this three part volume. - Summary by Leon Harvey

Genre(s): Law, Political Science, Psychology

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 General Introduction to the Modern Criminal Science Series, Introduction to the English Vesion, The Authors Preface, Translators Note Leon Harvey
01:04:04
Play 01 I. Meteorological and Climatic Influences, Months, High Temperatures. Leon Harvey
00:30:38
Play 02 II. Influence of Mountain Formation Upon Crime, Geology, Soils Producing Goitre, Malaria, Etc Leon Harvey
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Play 03 III. Influence of Race, Virtuous Savages, Criminal Centers, Semitic Race, Greeks in Italy and in France, Cephalic Index, Color of Hair, Jews, Gypsies. Leon Harvey
00:45:25
Play 04 IV. Civilization, Barbarism, Aggregations of Population, The Press, New Kinds of Crime. Leon Harvey
00:34:49
Play 05 V. Density of Population, Immigration and Emigration, Birth-Rate. Leon Harvey
00:33:16
Play 06 VI. Subsistence (Famine, Price of Bread). Leon Harvey
00:17:52
Play 07 VII. Alcoholism. Leon Harvey
00:33:54
Play 08 VIII. Influence of Education Upon Crime. Leon Harvey
00:26:53
Play 09 IX. Influence of Economic Condition, Wealth. Leon Harvey
00:31:12
Play 10 X. Religion. Leon Harvey
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Play 11 XI. Education, Illegitimate Children, Orphans. Leon Harvey
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Play 12 XII. Heredity. Leon Harvey
00:44:12
Play 13 XIII. Age, Precocity. Leon Harvey
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Play 14 XIV. Sex, Prostitution. Leon Harvey
00:21:30
Play 15 XV. Civil Status, Profession, Unemployment. Leon Harvey
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Play 16 XVI. Prisons, Newspapers, Imitation, Leaders, Other Causes. Leon Harvey
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Play 17 XVII. Associations of Criminals and Their Causes Leon Harvey
00:28:30
Play 18 XVIII. Causes of Political Crimes. Leon Harvey
00:36:37
Play 19 PART TWO. PROPHYLAXIS AND THERAPEUSIS OF CRIME. I. Penal Substitutes, Climate, Civilization, Density, Scientific Police, Photography, Identification Leon Harvey
00:20:32
Play 20 II. Prevention of Sexual Crimes and of Fraud Leon Harvey
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Play 21 III. The Prevention of Alcoholism Leon Harvey
00:21:50
Play 22 IV. Preventive Measures Against the Influence of Poverty and Wealth Leon Harvey
00:35:13
Play 23 V. Religion Leon Harvey
00:18:53
Play 24 VI. The Dangers of Instruction, Education, Reform Schools, Etc Leon Harvey
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Play 25 VII. Prevention of Political Crime Leon Harvey
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Play 26 VIII. Penal Institutions Leon Harvey
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Play 27 IX. Absurdities and Contradictions in Criminal Procedure Leon Harvey
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Play 28 PART THREE. SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION. I. Atavism and Epilepsy in Crime and in Punishment Leon Harvey
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Play 29 II. Penalties According to Criminal Anthropology, Fines, Probation System, Insane Asylums, Institutions For The Incorrigible, Capital Punishment Leon Harvey
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Play 30 III. Penalties Anthropologically Adapted to the Sex, Age, Etc., of the Criminal, and to the Nature of the Crime Leon Harvey
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Play 31 IV. Practical Proofs of the Utility of these Reforms, England, Switzerland Leon Harvey
00:09:59
Play 32 V. Practical Application to the Criticism of Criminal Law, to Expert Testimony, Pedagogy, Art, and Science Leon Harvey
00:13:39
Play 33 VI. The Utilization of Crime, Symbiosis Leon Harvey
00:24:32