Criminal sociology
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Criminal Sociology, first published in 1884, offers a different account of crime from the biological explanations popular in its day. Where the theories of Cesare Lombroso searched for physical marks that supposedly identified offenders, this work asks how society and the economy shape criminal behavior. It treats crime as a social phenomenon, one shaped by the conditions in which people live and work, and it argues that responses should address those conditions rather than the body alone. The book set out an approach to crime that looked outward to social life, and its ideas went on to inform legal thinking long after its first appearance.
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