Galaxy Lombroso or the theory of a “criminal person”. Sanson L.

The book “Galaxy Lombroso” explores the influence of Italian intellectual Cesare Lombroso on social policy in Latin America at the end of the nineteenth century. The author reveals the role of the “galaxy” around Lombroso, which contributed to the spread of his ideas behind the ocean and the formation of the crop of the “born criminal” category.

The book covers the influence of these ideas on the repressive, prison and psychiatric system, as well as on racial relations in Latin America. This cultural phenomenon is described as significant, but forgotten in modern society.