La Femme Criminelle Et La Prostituée

by Cesare Lombroso, Guglielmo Ferrero, Louise Meille

La femme criminelle et la prostituee / par C. Lombroso et G. Ferrero; traduction de l'italien par Louise Meille, revue par M. Saint-Aubin, ...Date de l'edition originale: 1896Sujet de l'ouvrage: Anthropologie criminelleCriminelles -- PsychologieProstituees -- PsychologieCe livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF.Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique.En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles.Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.frhttp: //gallica.bnf.fr/ark: /12148/bpt6k83334g

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, History, Science, School, Classics

714 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Italian criminologist, physician, and founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology. Lombroso rejected the established Classical School, which held that crime was a characteristic trait of human nature.

Instead, using concepts drawn from physiognomy, early eugenics, psychiatry and Social Darwinism, Lombroso's theory of anthropological criminology essentially stated that criminality was inherited, and that someone "born criminal" could be identified by physical defects, which confirmed a criminal as savage, or atavistic.

Reviews

[Meghan Hoefling]

not rating this. instead going to highlight these two baddies:

“I have seen a woman of eighty years who masturbated with a brass crucifix. Another old woman filled her vulva with knives…“

[Eugene · Rating 1 out of 5]

Outdated trash was almost laughable because of the stupid statements it was making. The fact that it was written 120 years ago should not be an excuse for this abortion.

[Lucy · Rating 5 out of 5]

quite honestly the worst thing I've ever read. utterly obsessed.

some fave lines:

Watching people on a public walkway, I noted that out of 560 women, 9 were of a completely degenerative type.

Primitive woman was rarely a murderer; but she was always a prostitute.

Everyone knows that the sight of suffering makes us men suffer pangs of sympathy; and we cannot help sufferers if we, too, have spasms of pain.

In brothels, women hold competitions, betting on who has the most beautiful sexual organs; naturally this ends up in lesbianism.

[Yomna Saber · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the whole book, and although I disagree with almost everything that he says, I have truly enjoyed my reading and I believe this is a very interesting book.

[Chiara]

Nonostante sia del 1893 e, di conseguenza decisamente datato sotto ogni punto di vista e assolutamente sessista (Lombroso non aveva nemmeno un buon rapporto con le donne, anzi) credo sia decisamente interessante da leggere, visto che è stato scritto dal padre della criminologia ed è il primo a parlare di donne delinquenti.

[Hannah]

The reading experience was deeply unpleasant, but this edition was well-edited, and offered valuable insight into the progression of thought in nineteenth-century criminology.

[Тот Мальчик · Rating 5 out of 5]

a must to read - 5 stars

[Jelena Glazova · Rating 1 out of 5]

Horrible trash/ anti-feminism

[Volodymyr Hnatiuk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Можливо, на XIX ст. ідеї були прогресивними, або новаторськими, але мені не вистачило отієї витонченості в аргументації, яка є у Вейнінгера, який будучи євреєм вмів з винятковою огидою паплюжити євреїв та людину. Але, тим не менш, книга не найгірша. Слабка 4, або міцна 3. Поставив першу оцінку все-таки. Бо книга розважила.

[Sandra Marin]

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[Bookatrin · Rating 1 out of 5]

How did anyone even come up with this? There are absolutely no scientifically proven facts. It looks like something that should never have seen the light of day.

[Elena Ratoi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite the fact I don't agree with most of the ideas, in general the book is recommended for reading to see what kind of attitude the author had towards women (a pretty denigrating one).