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Alternative title:

Eugenic concepts in the Polish science of criminology in the interwar period (legal and criminal aspects)

Subject and Keywords:

eugenics   criminology   interwar period   criminal law   crime   sterilization

Abstract:

The aim of the article is to show the role of eugenic concepts in the views of Polish legal criminologists looking for solutions to reduce crime. One way they considered was castration and especially sterilization of criminals, believing that the propensity to commit crimes is hereditary. These concepts raised great moral and ethical doubts as well as legal ones. Most of them met with opposition from Polish lawyers, but were still popular due to the influence of the anthropological school in the study of criminal law. In the 1930s, the solutions were adopted in German law.

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Resource Type:

text

Detailed Type:

article

Identifier:

ISSN 2300-7249   ISSN 0239-6661

DOI:

10.19195/2300-7249.43.1.15

Source:

PAd P 101182 II

Language:

pol

Abstract Language :

eng

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Rights holder:

Copyright by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego Sp. z o.o.

Autor opisu:

WR U/PAdbg