Inventing the Criminal A History of German Criminology, 1880-1945 |
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| Author:
| Wetzell, Richard F. |
| Series title: | Studies in Legal History |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-2535-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $159.00 |
Book Description:
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The first history of German criminology from Imperial Germany through the Third Reich. Exploring the interaction between law, social science, and medicine, Richard Wetzell reveals a constant tension between the criminologists' hereditarian biases and an increasing methodological sophistication that prevented many of them from endorsing the crude genetic determinism and racism of Hitler's regime.
The first history of German criminology from Imperial Germany through the Third Reich. Exploring the interaction between law, social science, and medicine, Richard Wetzell reveals a constant tension between the criminologists' hereditarian biases and an increasing methodological sophistication that prevented many of them from endorsing the crude genetic determinism and racism of Hitler's regime.