Lombroso

American

[lom-broh-soh, lawm-braw-saw] / lɒmˈbroʊ soʊ, lɔmˈbrɔ sɔ /

noun

Cesare 1836–1909, Italian physician and criminologist.

Lombroso British

/ lomˈbroːso /

noun

Cesare (ˈtʃeːzare). 1836–1909, Italian criminologist: he postulated the existence of a criminal type

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A collection of human specimens, including 712 skulls, is now preserved in the Cesare Lombroso Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin.

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, the criminal psychologist, was subject to abstraction in almost as great a degree.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

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