Cultural Expertise in Italian Criminal Justice: From Criminal Anthropology to Anthropological Expert Witnessing
This article traces the rise and fall of psychiatric evaluation in criminal trials from the School of Criminal Anthropology of the late nineteenth century to the current Italian justice system. Influenced by positivism and by specific theories on human evolution, Cesare Lombroso considered criminal...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Laws |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/8/2/13 |