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Crime, Its Causes and Remedies, credited to Cesare Lombroso, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Crime, Its Causes and Remedies by Cesare Lombroso. (Translated by Henry P. Horton.) Read in English by Leon Harvey Published as the third volume in the Modern Criminal Science Series, Cesare Lombroso, renowned Italian criminologist, collected a wealth of information regarding the incidence, classification, and causes of crime. Crime calendars, the geography of crime, unusual events and circumstances leading to more frequent crime, political motivations and associations of criminal enterprise and an assessment of the real value and effectiveness of prisons and reform programs are all included in this three part volume. - Summary by Leon Harvey

Recording facts

• Recording title: Crime, Its Causes and Remedies
• Author credits: Cesare Lombroso
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Combined MP3 track duration: 16:01:44

Catalogue topics

• criminology
• psychology
• law

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 00 - General Introduction to the Modern Criminal Science Series, Introduction to the English Vesion, The Authors Preface, Translators Note — 1:04:04
2. 01 - I. Meteorological and Climatic Influences, Months, High Temperatures. — 30:38
3. 02 - II. Influence of Mountain Formation Upon Crime, Geology, Soils Producing Goitre, Malaria, Etc — 6:58
4. 03 - III. Influence of Race, Virtuous Savages, Criminal Centers, Semitic Race, Greeks in Italy and in France, Cephalic Index, Color of Hair, Jews, Gypsies. — 45:25
5. 04 - IV. Civilization, Barbarism, Aggregations of Population, The Press, New Kinds of Crime. — 34:49
6. 05 - V. Density of Population, Immigration and Emigration, Birth-Rate. — 33:16
7. 06 - VI. Subsistence (Famine, Price of Bread). — 17:52
8. 07 - VII. Alcoholism. — 33:54
9. 08 - VIII. Influence of Education Upon Crime. — 26:53
10. 09 - IX. Influence of Economic Condition, Wealth. — 31:12
11. 10 - X. Religion. — 14:54
12. 11 - XI. Education, Illegitimate Children, Orphans. — 11:46
13. 12 - XII. Heredity. — 44:12
14. 13 - XIII. Age, Precocity. — 9:48
15. 14 - XIV. Sex, Prostitution. — 21:30
16. 15 - XV. Civil Status, Profession, Unemployment. — 34:22
17. 16 - XVI. Prisons, Newspapers, Imitation, Leaders, Other Causes. — 5:55
18. 17 - XVII. Associations of Criminals and Their Causes — 28:30
19. 18 - XVIII. Causes of Political Crimes. — 36:37
20. 19 - PART TWO. PROPHYLAXIS AND THERAPEUSIS OF CRIME. I. Penal Substitutes, Climate, Civilization, Density, Scientific Police, Photography, Identification — 20:32
21. 20 - II. Prevention of Sexual Crimes and of Fraud — 21:46
22. 21 - III. The Prevention of Alcoholism — 21:50
23. 22 - IV. Preventive Measures Against the Influence of Poverty and Wealth — 35:13
24. 23 - V. Religion — 18:53

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