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Crime, Its Causes and Remedies

Name: Crime, Its Causes and Remedies
Author: Cesare Lombroso

Cesare Lombroso

Read by Leon Harvey · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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General Introduction to the Modern Criminal Science Series, Introduction to the English Vesion, The Authors Preface, Translators Note (1:04:04)
I. Meteorological and Climatic Influences, Months, High Temperatures. (30:38)
II. Influence of Mountain Formation Upon Crime, Geology, Soils Producing Goitre, Malaria, Etc (6:58)
III. Influence of Race, Virtuous Savages, Criminal Centers, Semitic Race, Greeks in Italy and in France, Cephalic Index, Color of Hair, Jews, Gypsies. (45:25)
IV. Civilization, Barbarism, Aggregations of Population, The Press, New Kinds of Crime. (34:49)
V. Density of Population, Immigration and Emigration, Birth-Rate. (33:16)
VI. Subsistence (Famine, Price of Bread). (17:52)
VII. Alcoholism. (33:54)
VIII. Influence of Education Upon Crime. (26:53)
IX. Influence of Economic Condition, Wealth. (31:12)
X. Religion. (14:54)
XI. Education, Illegitimate Children, Orphans. (11:46)
XII. Heredity. (44:12)
XIII. Age, Precocity. (9:48)
XIV. Sex, Prostitution. (21:30)
XV. Civil Status, Profession, Unemployment. (34:22)
XVI. Prisons, Newspapers, Imitation, Leaders, Other Causes. (5:55)
XVII. Associations of Criminals and Their Causes (28:30)
XVIII. Causes of Political Crimes. (36:37)
PART TWO. PROPHYLAXIS AND THERAPEUSIS OF CRIME. I. Penal Substitutes, Climate, Civilization, Density, Scientific Police, Photography, Identification (20:32)
II. Prevention of Sexual Crimes and of Fraud (21:46)
III. The Prevention of Alcoholism (21:50)
IV. Preventive Measures Against the Influence of Poverty and Wealth (35:13)
V. Religion (18:53)
VI. The Dangers of Instruction, Education, Reform Schools, Etc (52:09)
VII. Prevention of Political Crime (10:39)
VIII. Penal Institutions (46:00)
IX. Absurdities and Contradictions in Criminal Procedure (25:03)
PART THREE. SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION. I. Atavism and Epilepsy in Crime and in Punishment (38:35)
II. Penalties According to Criminal Anthropology, Fines, Probation System, Insane Asylums, Institutions For The Incorrigible, Capital Punishment (43:14)
III. Penalties Anthropologically Adapted to the Sex, Age, Etc., of the Criminal, and to the Nature of the Crime (47:07)
IV. Practical Proofs of the Utility of these Reforms, England, Switzerland (9:59)
V. Practical Application to the Criticism of Criminal Law, to Expert Testimony, Pedagogy, Art, and Science (13:39)
VI. The Utilization of Crime, Symbiosis (24:32)