The criminal brain: understanding biological theories of crime

Introduction: Crime, history, science

Part I. Biological theories in the 19th century : Moral insanity and the origins of criminology

Phrenology: the abnormal brain

Criminal anthropology: the atavistic brain

Evolutionary theories: the degenerate brain

Part II. Biological theories in the 20th century : Stupidity theories: the backward brain

Constitutional theory: bodytypes and criminality

Criminology's darkest hour: biocriminology in Nazi Germany

An unhappy couple: criminology and biology in the late 20th century

Part III. Biological theories in the 21st century : Becoming partners: the emergent biosocial model in theory, policy, and practice

The future of biosocial criminology.

Introduction : crime, history, science

Biological theories in the 19th-century

Moral insanity and the origins of criminology

Phrenology : the abnormal brain

Criminal anthropology : the atavistic brain

Evolutionary theories : the degenerate brain

Stupidity theories : the backward brain

Constitutional theory : bodytypes and criminality

Criminology's darkest hour : biocriminology in Nazi Germany

Contemporary biocriminology

A criminology for the 21st century.