BY
HAVELOCK ELLIS.

ILLUSTRATED.

SCRIBNER & WELFORD,
743 & 745 BROADWAY,
NEW YORK.
1890.


CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.]PAGE
Introduction[1]
[CHAPTER II.]
The Study of the Criminal[26]
[CHAPTER III.]
Criminal Anthropology (Physical)—
§ 1.Cranial and Cerebral Characteristics[49]
§ 2.The Face[63]
§ 3.Anomalies of the Hair[72]
§ 4.Criminal Physiognomy[78]
§ 5.The Body and Viscera[88]
§ 6.Heredity[90]
§ 7.Tattooing[102]
§ 8.Motor Activity[108]
§ 9.Physical Sensibility[112]
[CHAPTER IV.]
Criminal Anthropology (Psychical)—
§ 1.Moral Insensibility[124]
§ 2.Intelligence[133]
§ 3.Vanity[139]
§ 4.Emotional Instability[142]
§ 5.Sentiment[152]
§ 6.Religion[156]
§ 7.Thieves’ Slang[161]
§ 8.Prison Inscriptions[169]
§ 9.Criminal Literature and Art[176]
§ 10.Criminal Philosophy[193]
[CHAPTER V.]
The Results of Criminal Anthropology[202]
[CHAPTER VI.]
The Treatment of the Criminal[233]
[CHAPTER VII.]
Conclusions[283]
Appendix—
[A.] Explanation of Plates[303]
[B.] The Congress of Criminal Anthropology at Paris[307]
[C.] The International Association of Penal Law[316]
[D.] Some Cases of Criminality[318]
[E.] Elmira[329]
Index[335]

PREFACE.