Criminal woman, the prostitute, and the normal woman Book

CONTENTS
List of tables vi
List of illustrations viii
Acknowledgments x
Editors' Introduction xix
Author's Preface 1
PART I. THE NORMAL WOMAN
chapter
1. The Female in the Animal World 7
Anatomy and Biology of Woman 14
3. Senses and Psyche of Woman 27
4. Cruelty, Compassion, and Maternity 37
5. Love 50
6. The Moral Sense 56
7. Intelligence 63

PART II. FEMALE CRIMINOLOGY

1. Crime in the Animal World 72
2. Crimes of Savage and Primitive Women 77
3. The History of Prostitution 83

PART III. PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND ANTHROPOMETRY OF
CRIMINAL WOMAN AND THE PROSTITUTE
1. The Skull of the Female Offender 90
2 . Pathological Anomalies 97
3. The Brains of Female Criminals and Prostitutes 100
4 . Anthropometry of Female Criminals 104
5. Facial and Cephalic Anomalies of Female Criminals and Prostitutes 111
6. Other Anomalies 114
7. Photographs of Criminals and Prostitutes 118
8. The Criminal Type in Women and its Atavistic Origin 125
9 . Tattoos 134

PART IV. BIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF FEMALE
CRIMINALS AND PROSTITUTES
1. Menstruation, Fecundity, Vitality, Strength, and Reflexes 142
2. Acuteness of Sense and Vision 150
3. Sexual Sensitivity (Lesbianism and Sexual Psychopathy) 157
4. The Female Born Criminal 170
5. Occasional Criminals 184
6. Crimes of Passion 195
7. Suicides 206
8. The Born Prostitute 211
9. The Occasional Prostitute 223
10. Insane Criminals 230
11. Epileptic Criminals and the Morally Insane 235
12. Hysterical Criminals 240

Appendix 1: Comparison of the Three Editions, including the full text of La donna
delinquente Part IV, Cap. X, "Pazze criminali" and The Female Offender
Chapter XVII, "Criminal Female Lunatics" 251
Appendix 2: Illustrations in the Earlier Editions 275
Notes 279
Glossary 326
References 337
Index (351)


Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Female offenders, Criminal anthropology, Prostitutes