Woman is a criminal and a prostitute. Lombroso Ch.

In his well -known book “The Woman of the Criminal and Prostitute”, Cesare Lombroso explores the phenomenon of a criminal woman, attracting the richest material from various scientific fields: natural sciences, anthropology, sociology and forensics. In an effort to justify his courageous theories, the author gives examples from the life of insects and animals, explores the social phenomena of different eras and peoples, tries to determine the significance of “sacrifice” in female love, classify various manifestations of female crime. Lombroso pays the main attention to the biological properties of a woman who is forced to use natural cunning and treachery to uphold her life interests. The publication also included an article by Lombroso “Love in the Square”, in which the author considers various abnormal manifestations of a love feeling in patients of psychiatric clinics.