Criminal Woman, the Prostitute, and the Normal Woman

by Lombroso, Cesare; Ferrero, Guglielmo; Rafter, Nicole Hahn; Gibson, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780822332466
• ISBN10: 0822332469
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

""Criminal Woman, the Prostitute, and the Normal Woman "is a major publishing landmark in criminology. Nicole Hahn Rafter and Mary Gibson have achieved a remarkable feat in translating this pivotal work and presenting it for scholars to study in a well-edited text. It gives new insights into positivism and the history of the subject. It will be required reading for anyone interested in developments in the field. It may even lead to new evaluations of Lombroso's contribution, not least by feminist scholars."--Frances Heidensohn, Goldsmiths College, University of London

Table of Contents

List of tables	ix
List of illustrations	xi
Acknowledgments	xiv
Editor's Introduction	3	(32)
Author's Preface	35	(6)
PART I The Normal Woman
The Female in the Animal World	41	(5)
Anatomy and Biology of Woman	46	(12)
Senses and Psyche of Woman	58	(7)
Cruelty, Compassion, and Maternity	65	(8)
Love	73	(4)
The Moral Sense	77	(5)
Intelligence	82	(9)
PART II Female Criminology
Crime in the Animal World	91	(4)
Crimes of Savage and Primitive Women	95	(5)
The History of Prostitution	100	(7)
PART III Pathological Anatomy and Anthropometry of Criminal Woman and the Prostitute
The Skull of the Female Offender	107	(7)
Pathological Anomalies	114	(4)
The Brains of Female Criminals and Prostitutes	118	(3)
Anthropometry of Female Criminals	121	(6)
Facial and Cephalic Anomalies of Female Criminals and Prostitutes	127	(4)
Other Anomalies	131	(4)
Photographs of Criminals and Prostitutes	135	(9)
The Criminal Type in Women and Its Atavistic Origin	144	(7)
Tattoos	151	(8)
PART IV Biology and Psychology of Female Criminals and Prostitutes
Menstruation, Fecundity, Vitality, Strength, and Reflexes	159	(6)
Acuteness of Sense and Vision	165	(6)
Sexual Sensitivity (Lesbianism and Sexual Psychopathy)	171	(11)
The Female Born Criminal	182	(11)
Occasional Criminals	193	(8)
Crimes of Passion	201	(8)
Suicides	209	(4)
The Born Prostitute	213	(9)
The Occasional Prostitute	222	(5)
Insane Criminals	227	(4)
Epileptic Criminals and the Morally Insane	231	(3)
Hysterical Criminals	234	(7)
Appendix 1: Comparing Three Editions of La donna delinquente	241	(15)
Appendix 2: Illustrations in the Earlier Editions	256	(3)
Notes	259	(26)
Glossary	285	(6)
References	291	(6)
Index	297