Criminology's darkest hour: biocriminology in Nazi Germany

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-306

  Rafter, Nicole ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fascist criminology; Genocide; History of criminology; Nazi criminology

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549107621     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.41.2.287     Document Type: Review

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