Lombroso
Americannoun
noun
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Lombroso dissected the corpses of people with criminal records, examined the feet of sex workers, and visited prisons to measure the dimensions of people's heads.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2023
Born in 1835 in northern Italy, Lombroso trained as a physician.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2023
Like his hero Cesare Lombroso, he believes that the criminal brain has distinctive features.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2013
Lombroso would have approved, but they have little appeal to the liberal mind.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2013
Lombroso altogether rejects punishment as a means of discipline and expiation, and before him Bentham and J. S. Mill, and simultaneously with him and after him Fouillée, Guyau and Maudsley adopted the same view.
From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Max Simon Nordau
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