Cesare Lombroso

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1835 – 1909

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Who was Cesare Lombroso?

Cesare Lombroso, born Ezechia Marco Lombroso, was an Italian criminologist, physician, and founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology. Lombroso rejected the established Classical School, which held that crime was a characteristic trait of human nature. Instead, using concepts drawn from physiognomy, early eugenics, psychiatry and Social Darwinism, Lombroso's theory of anthropological criminology essentially stated that criminality was inherited, and that someone "born criminal" could be identified by physical defects, which confirmed a criminal as savage, or atavistic.

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Born
Nov 6, 1835
Verona
Also known as
  • Dr. Cesare Lombroso
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • Italy
Profession
Education
  • University of Vienna
  • University of Pavia
Lived in
  • Verona
Died
Oct 19, 1909
Turin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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