An organ of murder : crime, violence, and phrenology in nineteenth-century America /

"An Organ of Murder explores the origins of both popular and elite theories of criminality in the nineteenth-century United States, focusing in particular on the influence of phrenology. In the United States, phrenology shaped the production of medico-legal knowledge around crime, the treatment...

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Main Authors:	Thompson, Courtney E (Author), Thompson, Courtney E. (Author)
Corporate Author:	Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021] New Brunswick, New Jersey : [2021]
Series:	Critical issues in health and medicine Critical issues in health and medicine
Subjects:	1800-1899 19th century Criminal anthropology > History > 19th century Criminal psychology > United States > History > 19th century Criminology > United States > History > 19th century Phrenology > United States > History > 19th century Anthropologie criminelle > Histoire > 19e siècle Criminologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle Phrénologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle Criminal anthropology Criminal psychology Criminology History Phrenology United States
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