The Positive School of Criminology

by Enrico Ferri

Overview

Explore the groundbreaking theories of criminal anthropology with "The Positive School of Criminology" by Enrico Ferri. This meticulously prepared print edition presents Ferri's influential lectures delivered at the University of Naples in 1901. A key figure in the positive school of criminology, Ferri delves into the biological and sociological factors contributing to crime, offering a compelling counterpoint to classical penology.

This volume provides invaluable insight into the history of criminology and criminal justice. Ferri's work challenges conventional understandings of crime and punishment, laying the foundation for modern criminology. Discover the core tenets of criminal anthropology and the lasting impact of Ferri's ideas on the study of crime. A must-read for anyone interested in the social sciences, penology, and the evolution of criminal law.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781023028080
Publisher:	Anson Street Press
Publication date:	03/28/2025
Pages:	52
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.11(d)

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n. We saw yesterday in a short historical review that the classic cycle of the science of crime and punishment, originated by Cesare Beccaria more than a century ago, was followed in our country, some twenty .years since, by the scientific movement of ihe positive school of criminology. Let us Bee today how this school studied the prob- tem of criminality, reserving for tomorrow the discussion of the remedies proposed by this school for the disease of criminality. When a crime is committed in some place, attracting public attention either through the atrocity of the case or the strangeness of the criminal deed—for instance, one that is not connected with bloodshed, but with .intellectual fraud—there are at once two tendencies that make themselves felt in the public conscience. One of them, pervading the overwhelming majority of individual consciences, asks: How is this? What for? Why did that man commit such a crime? This question is asked by everybody and occupies mostly the attention of those who do not look upon the case from the point of view of criminology. On the other hand, those who occupy themselves with criminal law represent the other tendency, which manifests itself when acquainted with the news of this crime. This is a limited portion of the public conscience, which tries to study the problem from the standpoint of the technical jurist. The lawyers, the judges, the officials of the police, ask themselves: What is the name of the crime committed by that man under such circumstances? Must it be classed as murder or patricide, attempted or incompleted manslaughter, and, if directed against property, is it theft, or illegal appropriation, or fraud? Andthe entire apparatus of practical criminal justice forgets at once the first problem, which occupies the majority o...