This essay aims to analyze the relevance of the fight against post-unification brigandage in the work of Cesare Lombroso, well-known founder of Criminal Anthropology in Italy in the second half of the nineteenth century. In particular, the purpose of the essay is dispelling some myths and clichés on the theorization of innate delinquency and on the weight that the analysis of the controversial phenomenon of brigandage and of the consequent and unfounded accusation of anti-Southernism.

Cesare Lombroso e il brigantaggio: tesi e malintesi

Musumeci, Emilia
2024-01-01

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This essay aims to analyze the relevance of the fight against post-unification brigandage in the work of Cesare Lombroso, well-known founder of Criminal Anthropology in Italy in the second half of the nineteenth century. In particular, the purpose of the essay is dispelling some myths and clichés on the theorization of innate delinquency and on the weight that the analysis of the controversial phenomenon of brigandage and of the consequent and unfounded accusation of anti-Southernism.
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