Biocriminology

Biocriminology

 

a school of bourgeois criminology which explains the existence of crime on biological grounds. The origin of such theories in the second half of the 19th century is linked with the name of the Italian physician and psychiatrist C. Lombroso, originator of the theory of the hereditary criminal.

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46) See Greta Olson, "Criminalized Bodies in Literature and Biocriminology," The Body as Interface: Dialogues Between the Disciplines, ed.
Richard III's animalistic criminal body
Animals occupy two discursive roles in biocriminology.
Space limitations do not allow me properly to assess the role of animals in biocriminology, though it would be remiss of me to refrain from comment altogether.
The use and abuse of animals in criminology: a brief history and current review
Oddly, a section on biocriminology is included in this chapter.
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