Morrison W Douglas Introduction (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st American Edition. First American Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." 313 pages, complete. Black-and-white plates, complete. List of Illustrations in front. Two additional pages in back advertise other titles in the Criminology Series. Pages are clean and intact overall but have faint dampstaining along edges (on edges of text block and interior margins), slight loosening and skewing of several pages at center, chipping to fore-edge of several pages, and light age toning. Covers are clean and intact overall except for a small stains on spine and back, faint dampstaining, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. Part of The Criminology Series edited by W. Douglas Morrison. Authored by Professor Caesar Lombroso and William Ferrero. Introduction by Morrison. This book is about female criminals. It discusses the anatomy, physical anomalies, and types of female criminals. Much of the book argues that there is a relationship between physical characteristics and criminal behavior. Chapters are titled as follows: "The Skull of the Female Offender," "Pathological Anomalies of the Female Offender," "The Brains of Female Criminals," "Anthropometry of Female Criminals," "Facial and Cephalic Anomalies of Female Criminals," "Further Anomalies," "Photographs of Criminals and Prostitutes," "The Criminal Type in Women and Its Atavistic Origin," "Tattooing," "Vitality and Other Characteristics of Female Criminals," "Acuteness of Sense and Visual Area of Female Criminals," "The Born Criminal," "Occasional Criminals," "Hysterical Offenders," "Crimes of Passion," "Suicides," "Criminal Female Lunatics," and "Epileptic Delinquents and Moral Insanity.".…