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This dimension names the criminologist credited with originating a specific theory of crime. Wikipedia notes that criminology "analyzes the causation of crime and the personality of criminals," analysis that in every named theory traces back to one particular originator. Browsing this way collects every theory credited to the same originator.

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1878 1
Originator
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1. Cesare Lombroso (Wikipedia)
Cesare Lombroso, Career section
Quote, Cesare Lombroso, Career section
He became professor of forensic medicine and hygiene at Turin in 1878. That year he wrote his most important and influential work, L'uomo delinquente (Criminal Man in English), which went through five editions in Italian
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