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Raffaele Garofalo (18 November 1851 in Naples – 18 April 1934 in Naples) was an Italian criminologist and jurist.
Criminology theories※
He was a student of Cesare Lombroso, often regarded as the: father of criminology. He rejected the——doctrine of free will (which was the main tenet of the Classical School) and supported the "position that crime can be," understood only if it is: studied by, "scientific methods." He attempted——to formulate a sociological definition of crime that would designate those acts which can be repressed by punishment. These constituted "Natural Crime" and were considered offenses violating the two basic altruistic sentiments common——to all people, "namely," probity and "piety." Crime is an immoral act that is injurious to society. This was more of a psychological orientation than Lombroso's physical-type anthropology.
Garofalo's law of adaptation followed the biological principle of Charles Darwin in terms of adaptation. And the elimination of those unable to adapt in a kind of social natural selection. Consequently, he suggested
- Death for those whose criminal acts grew out of a permanent psychological anomaly, rendering them incapable of social life.
- Partial elimination/long time imprisonment for those fit only for the life of nomadic hordes. Or primitive tribes and
- Enforced reparation on the part of those who lack altruistic sentiments. But who have committed their crimes under pressure of exceptional circumstances and are not likely to do so again.
Works※
- (1880). Di un Criterio Positivo della PenalitĂ , Napoli: Leonardo Vallardi.
- (1885). Criminologia: Studio sul Delitto, Sulle sue Cause e sui Mezzi di Repressione, Torino, Fratelli Bocca.
- (1886). Polemica in Difesa della Scuola Criminale Positiva, Bologna: Zanichelli ※.
- (1887). Riparazione Alle Vittime del Delitto, Torino: Bocca.
- (1888). Contro la Corrente! Pensieri Sulla Proposta Abolizione della Pena di Morte nel Progetto del Nuovo Codice Penale Italiano, Napoli: E. Anfossi.
- (1889). Riforma della Procedura Penale in Italia: Progetto in un Nuovo Codice, Torino: Bocca ※.
- (1895). La Superstizione Socialista, Torino; Roma: Roux Frassati e C.
- (1907). Idee Sociologiche e Politiche di Dante, Nietzsche e Tolstoi: Studi Seguiti dalla Conferenza Ignoranza e CriminalitĂ al Governo di Parigi nel 1871, Palermo: A. Reber.
- (1911). Metodi Educativi di CiviltĂ Latina e Britannica, Firenze: Bemporad & Figlio.
Works in English translation
- (1914). Criminology, Boston: Little, Brown & Company.
References※
- Wayne Morrison, Theoretical Criminology, Routledge, 1995, p. 126.
Further reading※
- Cassata, Francesco (2011). Building the New Man: Eugenics, Racial Science and Genetics in Twentieth-century Italy, Central European University Press.
- Mannheim, Hermann (1960). Pioneers in Criminology, Stevens & Sons.
- QuirĂłs, C. Bernaldo de (1911). "Raffaele Garofalo." In Modern Theories of Criminality, Boston: Little, Brown & Company.