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Comm. Cesare Ezechia Lombroso

Italian: Ezechia Marco Cesare Lombroso
Also Known As: "Ezechia Marco Lombroso"
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Birthplace: Verona, Province of Verona, Veneto, Italy
Death: October 19, 1909 (73)
Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Son of Aronne Lombroso and Zeffora Nina Levi
Husband of Nina Lombroso
Father of Paola Marzola Carrara; Gina Elena Zefora Ferrero; Arnaldo Lombroso; Leo Lombroso and Ugo Lombroso
Brother of Cheri Pasquetta Lombroso; Sansone Ercole David Lombroso; Samuele Romolo Lombroso and Chiarina Giulietta Lombroso

Occupation: Italian criminologist and physician, founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology, often referred to as the father of criminology, professor, criminologist
Managed by: Ozren Čulić Viskota Žava
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About Comm. Cesare Ezechia Lombroso

Cesare Lombroso (Verona, 6. studenog 1836. - Torino, 19. listopada 1909.), talijanski liječnik, utemeljitelj antropološke teorije kaznenog prava i jedan od utemeljitelja kriminologije.

Njegovo učenje o rođenom zločincu i tipiziranje osoba predisponiranih za antisocijalnu usmjerenost odbačeni su. Ipak, i danas postoje čak i znanstveni krugovi koji podržavaju Lombrosovu teoriju. Takozvani "lombrosovski tip" osobe je ona koja ima nisko čelo, guste obrve, jaku donju vilicu, sitne oči, jake ekstremitete. Cesare Lombroso, talijanski psihijatar koji je živio na prijelazu 19. u 20. stoljeće, proučavao je tjelesne osobine (naročito glave) osuđenih kriminalaca, te je na temelju rezultata stvorio teoriju o rođenom zločincu.

Cesare Lombroso (Italian pronunciation: [%CB%88t%CA%83e%CB%90zare lomˈbroːzo; -oːso]; born Ezechia Marco Lombroso; 6 November 1835 – 19 October 1909), was an Italian criminologist and physician, founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology, often referred to as the father of criminology. Lombroso rejected the established classical school, which held that crime was a characteristic trait of human nature. Instead, using concepts drawn from physiognomy, degeneration theory, psychiatry and Social Darwinism, Lombroso's theory of anthropological criminology essentially stated that criminality was inherited, and that someone "born criminal" could be identified by physical (congenital) defects, which confirmed a criminal as savage or atavistic. These theories do not have widespread support by scientists in Western countries.

Lombroso was born in Verona, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, on 6 November 1835 to a wealthy Jewish family.[2] His father was Aronne Lombroso, a tradesman from Verona, and his mother was Zeffora (or Zefira) Levi from Chieri near Turin.[3] Cesare Lombroso descended from a line of rabbis, which led him to study a wide range of topics in university.[4] Despite pursuing these studies in university, Lombroso eventually settled on pursuing a degree in medicine, which he graduated with from the University of Turin.[4] After leaving the military, Lombroso operated and oversaw an insane asylum in Pesaro.[4] Lombroso married a woman named Nina de Benedetti on April 10, 1870. They had five children together, one of whom—Gina—would go on to edit Lombroso's work after his death.[4] Later in life Lombroso came to be influenced by his son-in-law, Guglielmo Ferrero, who led him to believe that not all criminality comes from one's inborn factors and that social factors also played a significant role in the process of shaping a criminal.[4] He studied literature, linguistics, and archæology at the universities of Padua, Vienna, and Paris, but changed his plans and became an army surgeon in 1859. In 1866 he was appointed visiting lecturer at Pavia, and later took charge of the insane asylum at Pesaro in 1871. He became professor of forensic medicine and hygiene at Turin in 1878.[5] That year he wrote his most important and influential work, L'uomo delinquente, which went through five editions in Italian and was published in various European languages. However, it was not until 1900 that his work was published in English. Lombroso later became professor of psychiatry (1896) and criminal anthropology (1906) at the same university.[2] He died in Turin in 1909.

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Comm. Cesare Ezechia Lombroso's Timeline

1835
November 7, 1835
Verona, Province of Verona, Veneto, Italy
1871
1871
Pavia, Province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
1872
October 5, 1872
Pavia, Province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
1874
1874
1876
1876
1877
1877
1909
October 19, 1909
Age 73
Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy