Creating Born Criminals Contributor(s): Rafter, Nicole (Author) |
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ISBN: 025206741X ISBN-13: 9780252067419 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Genetic screening, new reproductive technologies, gene therapies, and the reality of cloning all make biological solutions to human social problems seem possible. Creating Born Criminals shows how history can guide us in our response to the reemergence of eugenics. The first social history of biological theories of crime in sixty years, it examines those theories' origins and content, showing their undue influence on crime control in the United States. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Research - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 364.24 |
LCCN: 96035672 |
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.01" W x 9.04" (1.21 lbs) 320 pages |
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Publisher Description: Genetic screening, new reproductive technologies, gene therapies, and the reality of cloning all make biological solutions to human social problems seem possible. Creating Born Criminals shows how history can guide us in our response to the reemergence of eugenics. The first social history origins and content, showing their undue influence on crime control in the United States. |