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Crime, Its Causes and Remedies

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Crime, Its Causes and Remedies

by Cesare Lombroso

English· 16:01:46· 34 chapters
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
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    General Introduction to the Modern Criminal Science Series, Introduction to the English Vesion, The Authors Preface, Translators Note

    1:04:04
  2. Chapter 2

    I. Meteorological and Climatic Influences, Months, High Temperatures.

    30:38
  3. Chapter 3

    II. Influence of Mountain Formation Upon Crime, Geology, Soils Producing Goitre, Malaria, Etc

    06:58
  4. Chapter 4

    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
  5. Chapter 5

    IV. Civilization, Barbarism, Aggregations of Population, The Press, New Kinds of Crime.

    34:49
  6. Chapter 6

    V. Density of Population, Immigration and Emigration, Birth-Rate.

    33:16
  7. Chapter 7

    VI. Subsistence (Famine, Price of Bread).

    17:52
  8. Chapter 8

    VII. Alcoholism.

    33:54
  9. Chapter 9

    VIII. Influence of Education Upon Crime.

    26:53
  10. Chapter 10

    IX. Influence of Economic Condition, Wealth.

    31:12
  11. Chapter 11

    X. Religion.

    14:54
  12. Chapter 12

    XI. Education, Illegitimate Children, Orphans.

    11:46
  13. Chapter 13

    XII. Heredity.

    44:12
  14. Chapter 14

    XIII. Age, Precocity.

    09:48
  15. Chapter 15

    XIV. Sex, Prostitution.

    21:30
  16. Chapter 16

    XV. Civil Status, Profession, Unemployment.

    34:22
  17. Chapter 17

    XVI. Prisons, Newspapers, Imitation, Leaders, Other Causes.

    05:55
  18. Chapter 18

    XVII. Associations of Criminals and Their Causes

    28:30
  19. Chapter 19

    XVIII. Causes of Political Crimes.

    36:37
  20. Chapter 20

    PART TWO. PROPHYLAXIS AND THERAPEUSIS OF CRIME. I. Penal Substitutes, Climate, Civilization, Density, Scientific Police, Photography, Identification

    20:32
  21. Chapter 21

    II. Prevention of Sexual Crimes and of Fraud

    21:46
  22. Chapter 22

    III. The Prevention of Alcoholism

    21:50
  23. Chapter 23

    IV. Preventive Measures Against the Influence of Poverty and Wealth

    35:13
  24. Chapter 24

    V. Religion

    18:53
  25. Chapter 25

    VI. The Dangers of Instruction, Education, Reform Schools, Etc

    52:09
  26. Chapter 26

    VII. Prevention of Political Crime

    10:39
  27. Chapter 27

    VIII. Penal Institutions

    46:00
  28. Chapter 28

    IX. Absurdities and Contradictions in Criminal Procedure

    25:03
  29. Chapter 29

    PART THREE. SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION. I. Atavism and Epilepsy in Crime and in Punishment

    38:35
  30. Chapter 30

    II. Penalties According to Criminal Anthropology, Fines, Probation System, Insane Asylums, Institutions For The Incorrigible, Capital Punishment

    43:14
  31. Chapter 31

    III. Penalties Anthropologically Adapted to the Sex, Age, Etc., of the Criminal, and to the Nature of the Crime

    47:07
  32. Chapter 32

    IV. Practical Proofs of the Utility of these Reforms, England, Switzerland

    09:59
  33. Chapter 33

    V. Practical Application to the Criticism of Criminal Law, to Expert Testimony, Pedagogy, Art, and Science

    13:39
  34. Chapter 34

    VI. The Utilization of Crime, Symbiosis

    24:32