NCJ Number
20505
Journal
ANUARIO DE DERECHO PENAL V CIENCIAS PENALES Dated: (1976) Pages: 623-637
Date Published
1976
Length
15 pages
Annotation
A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE PROVISIONS AND MODERN-DAY APPLICATIONS OF THE THIRD VOLUME OF LUMBROSO'S 'CRIMINAL MAN', IN WHICH LOMBROSO DETAILED THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES OF CRIME AND OUTLINED SEVERAL CRIME PEVENTION MEASURES.
Abstract
THIS THIRD VOLUME OF 'THE CRIMINAL MAN' WAS ADDED TO THE FIFTH EDITION OF THAT WORK. IN THIS ARTICLE, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES EACH OF THE CRIME CAUSES, CRIME PREVENTION METHODS, PREVENTION SUGGESTIONS FOR HANDLING OF THE CRIMINAL MADE IN THE THIRD VOLUME, AND DISCUSSES THE DEGREE TO WHICH THESE ARE CURRENTLY RELEVANT. AMONG THE CRIME CAUSES CONSIDERED ARE GEOGRAPHY, RACE, ECONOMIC SITUATION, POPULATION MOVEMENT, ALCOHOLISM, EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, AGE, AND PRIOR CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT. THE AUTHOR NOTES THAT WHILE MANY OF LOMBROSO'S POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS WERE IGNORED, SOME ASPECTS OF HIS SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY ARE NOW ON CRIME PREVENTION RATHER THAN REPRESSIVE CRIMINAL POLICIES IS NOTED. --IN SPANISH...DMC