The murderous Dutch fiddler: Criminology, history and the problem of phrenology

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-96

  Rafter, Nicole ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological theories of crime; history of criminology; history of science; phrenology; prison history; pseudo science

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344337724     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480605048943     Document Type: Article

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