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TOCH LIBRARY

Most of the books in Hans Toch’s library are heavily marked up. This makes them worthless monetarily, but a treasure to see what he considered significant in the many classics in his library. Many are written by his former students.

THE HERITAGE OF MODERN CRIMINOLOGY

MAY CONTAIN MARKUP

Edited by SAWYER F. SYLVESTER, JR.

THE WRITINGS INCLUDED REPRESENT EVERY PERIOD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF CRIMINOLOGY, BEGINNING WITH THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. EACH ARTICLE EXEMPLIFIES THE MOVEMENT AWAY FROM A ONE-DIMENSIONAL STUDY OF PUNITIVE MEASURES AND CRIMINOLOGY TO A BROADER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND HISTORICAL FACTORS INVOLVED. THE AUTHORS REPRESENTED INCLUDE BECCARIA, QUETELET, MAYHEW, LOMBROSO, TARDE, FERRI, BONGER, HEALY, SELLIN, AND SUTHERLAND. A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY IS GIVEN OF EACH ONE. A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY IS FURNISHED.

Cambridge, Massachusetts. SCHENKMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.. 1972. 185p.

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