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Criminal Man

Cesare Lombroso

Cesare Lombroso is widely considered the founder of criminology. His theory of the “born” criminal dominated European and American thinking about the causes of criminal behavior during the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth. This volume offers English-language readers the first critical...

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Crime Junkie

Cesare Lombroso's historical work, Criminal Man, was referenced by Ashley Flowers during an audio extra segment discussing bizarre crime history. The host detailed Lombroso's theory that criminality could be identified by specific, measurable physical traits. She noted that Lombroso believed criminals often possessed features like jug ears, thin beards, and protruding chins, linking these characteristics to evolutionary stages and deviant behavior.

Episode: AUDIO EXTRA: Bizarre Crime History

It was mentioned that Lombroso believed criminals had certain physical features, such as jug ears and protruding chins, based on his theories about evolutionary stages and criminality.

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nearly all criminals have jug ears, thick hair, thin beards, pronounced sinuses, protruding chins and broad cheekbones.

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