Part Ⅰ:The Science of Criminology 1
1 Criminology and its branches 1
2 The relationship between criminology and criminal law 4
3 Sources and methods 10
4 The history of criminology 21
5 Crime in Denmark 30
Part Ⅱ: The Biological Background of Crime 47
6 Genetic factors 47
7 Family studies 49
8 Twin studies 59
9 Criminal somatology 73
10 Psychoses 85
11 Isolated abnormal reactions 93
12 Neuroses 95
13 Oligophrenia 101
14 Psychopathy 111
15 Sexual abnormalities 121
16 Frequency of mental deviations among criminals 129
Part Ⅲ: The General Sociological Background of Crime 129
17 Temporal variations 137
18 The material culture 147
19 War 163
20 The geographical distribution of criminality 181
21 Race, nationality, minorities 201
22 The non-material culture 225
23 Alcohol and drugs 239
24 Sex differences in criminality 259
25 Age 277
Part Ⅳ: The Socio-Psychological Background of Crime. 277
26 The family 295
27 School and peer groups 321
28 Marital status 335
29 Occupation, economy, and social class 341
30 Prediction 355
Notes 379
List of Abbreviations 415
Bibliography 417
Subject index 444
Author index 446