Sexual deviances, disease and crime in Cesare Lombroso and the Italian school of criminal anthropology

Beccalossi, Chiara (2013) Sexual deviances, disease and crime in Cesare Lombroso and the Italian school of criminal anthropology. In: Disease and crime: social pathologies and the new politics of health. Routledge, pp. 40-55. ISBN 9780415836197

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Abstract

Focussing on Cesare Lombroso’s work on the so-called 'sexual perversions', this chapter examines how the Italian School of criminal anthropology equated disease and crime and the political and cultural implications of such an equation.

Keywords:Cesare Lombroso, Sexology, Criminal Anthropology, Disease, Crime, Homosexuality
Subjects:V Historical and Philosophical studies > V380 History of Science
V Historical and Philosophical studies > V145 Modern History 1900-1919
V Historical and Philosophical studies > V144 Modern History 1800-1899
V Historical and Philosophical studies > V340 Intellectual History
V Historical and Philosophical studies > V223 Italian History
Divisions:College of Arts > School of History & Heritage > School of History & Heritage (History)
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ID Code:19068
Deposited On:19 Oct 2015 13:10

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