Richard F. Wetzell Knihy

The book explores the impact of human and social sciences on societal approaches to crime and social issues since 1880, highlighting the role of brain abnormalities in understanding criminal behavior. It delves into how these scientific perspectives have shaped penal policies, therapeutic practices, and marketing strategies, illustrating their integration into various aspects of modern society.

Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of biological research into the causes of crime, but the origins of this kind of research date back to the late nineteenth century. Here, Richard Wetzell presents the first history of German criminology from Imperi

The book explores the historical development of German criminology from Imperial Germany through the Weimar Republic to the end of the Third Reich, highlighting the early biological research into crime. Richard Wetzell examines how this period served as a critical test case for the dangers linked to biological explanations of criminal behavior, shedding light on the implications and consequences of such theories in a politically charged environment.

The history of criminal justice in modern Germany has become a vibrant field of research, as demonstrated in this volume. Following an introductory survey, the twelve chapters examine major topics in the history of crime and criminal justice from Imperial Germany, through the Weimar and Nazi eras, to the early postwar years. These topics include case studies of criminal trials, the development of juvenile justice, and the efforts to reform the penal code, criminal procedure, and the prison system. The collection also reveals that the history of criminal justice has much to contribute to other areas of historical it explores the changing relationship of criminal justice to psychiatry and social welfare, analyzes representations of crime and criminal justice in the media and literature, and uses the lens of criminal justice to illuminate German social history, gender history, and the history of sexuality.