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J ournal of Criminal Law and Criminology Volume 2 | Issue 5 Article 6 1912 Lombrosos Theory of Crime Charles A. Ellwood Follow this and additional works at : http://scholarly /jcl Part of the Criminal Law Commons, Criminology Commons, and the Criminology and Criminal J usti e Commons Re ommended Citation Charles A. Ellwood, Lombrosos Theory of Crime, 2 J. Am. Inst. Crim. L. Criminology 716 (May 1911 to March 1912) This Article is brought to you for free and open a ess by Northwestern University School of Law Scholarly Commons. It has been a epted for inclusion in Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology by an authorized administrator of Northwestern University School of Law Scholarly Commons. LOMBROSOS THEORY OF CRIME. CHARLES A. ELLWOOD. The publication of Lombrosos works in English should mark an epoch in the development of criminological science in America. The book before us, together with a volume published almost simultaneously by his daughter, Madame Gina Lombroso Ferrero,2 summarizing -her fathers criminological theories, make it possible for the English reader to gain a concise and accurate view of Lombrosos theory of crime. It is safe to say that these two books should be found in the library of every judge of a criminal court, every criminal lawyer and every student of criminology and penology. Moreover, Lombrosos work is now before the world in its final form. His death in 1909 put an end to one of the most brilliant and fruitful scientific careers of the last century; but unlike many scientific men Lombroso lived to c