Inventing the criminal : a history of German criminology, 1880-1945 / Richard F. Wetzell.
A history of German criminology from Imperial Germany through the Weimar Republic to the end of the Third Reich. Drawing on primary sources, it shows that German biomedical research on crime predominated over sociological research and thus contributed to the rise of the eugenics movement.
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill ; London :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2000]
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| Series: | Studies in legal history.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book HeinOnline Legal Classics Library HeinOnline Criminal Justice & Criminology |
| Summary: | A history of German criminology from Imperial Germany through the Weimar Republic to the end of the Third Reich. Drawing on primary sources, it shows that German biomedical research on crime predominated over sociological research and thus contributed to the rise of the eugenics movement. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 348 pages). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807861049 9780807861042 |