Criminal Woman, the Prostitute, and the Normal Woman

Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909), an internationally famous physician and criminologist, wrote extensively about jurisprudence, psychiatry, human sexuality, and the causes of crime.As a young law student, Guglielmo Ferrero (1871–1942) assisted Lombroso with research.

“Cesare Lombroso created the field of criminology, but there has been a lack of available textbooks making his arguments accessible to today’s students of history, law, and sociology. This volume fills that void. Offering work previously not translated along with a scholarly introduction and new visual evidence, it reveals Lombroso’s argument without distorting the peculiar and genuinely contradictory character of his reasoning.”-Peter Becker, European University Institute “Criminal Woman, the Prostitute, and the Normal Woman is a major publishing landmark in criminology. Nicole Hahn Rafter and Mary Gibson have achieved a remarkable feat in translating this pivotal work and presenting it for scholars to study in a well-edited text. It gives new insights into positivism and the history of the subject. It will be required reading for anyone interested in developments in the field. It may even lead to new evaluations of Lombroso’s contribution, not least by feminist scholars.”-Frances Heidensohn, Goldsmiths College, University of London “Rafter and Gibson’s new edition of Criminal Woman is a vital resource for a diverse range of researchers and students. They effectively demonstrate that a new translation was long overdue, and adjustments can be made to textbooks and courses on criminology in the light of it.” - Lizzie Seal (Crime, Law and Social Change) "A magnificently useful and user-friendly edition within the history of European social thought. It deserves the widest possible readership." - Daniel Vyleta (European History Quarterly) "Entertaining reading . . . . Rafter and Gibson, who are extremely smart, defend their project on the grounds that we should be able to consult Lombroso's original to contextualize our knee-jerk reaction to his ideas. . . . Surely we can take Lombroso seriously in his struggle to reconcile discrepant discourses and still seize with glee on his absurdities." - Charisse Gendron (Rain Taxi) "[Lombroso's] still relevant works haunt contemporary ideas of criminality and jurisprudence. Current debates over the biology of mind versus the role of environment ably show that we haven't resolved the nature-nurture fray Lombroso entered-nor do we actually know much more about what makes a criminal than he did. Although maybe we doubt it has quite so much to do with the mandible."- Alexis Soloski (Village Voice)

• List of Tables ixList of Illustrations xiAcknowledgments xivEditors' Introduction 3Author's Preface 35Part I The Normal Woman 1 The Female in the Animal World 412 Anatomy and Biology of Woman 463 Senses and Psyche of Woman 584 Cruelty, Compassion, and Maternity 655 Love 736 The Moral Sense 777 Intelligence 82Part II Female Criminology 8 Crime in the Animal Wlorld 919 Crimes of Savage and Primitive Women 9510 The History of Prostitution 100Part III Pathological Anatiomy and Antrhpopmetry of Criminal Woman and the Prostitute 11 The Skull of the Female Offender 10712 Pathological Anomalies 11413 The Brains of Female Criminals and Prostitutes 11814 Anthropometry of Female Criminals 12115 Facial and Cephalic Anomalies of Female Criminals and Prostitutes 12716 Other Anomalies 13117 Photographs of Criminals and Prostitutes 13518 the Criminal Type in women and Its Atavistic Origin 14419 Tatoos 151Part IV Biology and Psychology of Female Criminals and Prostitues 20 Menstruation, Fecundity, Vitality, Strength, and Reflexes 15921 Acuteness of Sense and Vision 16522 Sexual Sensitivity (Lesbianism and Sexual Psychopathy) 17123 The Female Born Criminal 18224 Occasional Criminals 19325 Crims of Passion 20126 Suicides 20927 The Born Prisotiute 21328 The Occasional Prostitute 22229 Insane Criminals 22730 Epileptic Criminals and the Morally Insane 23131 Hysterical Criminals 234Appendix 1: Comparing Three Editions of La donna delinquente 241Appendix 2: Illustrations in the Earlier Editions 256Notes 259Glossary 285References 291Index 297