title: [History of psychiatry: Cesare Lombroso and the born criminal].
abstract: In the first part of this paper there is a short abstract of the biography of the famous professor of psychiatry from Torino. The second part consists of a summary of the most fundamental ideas and the most important results of his extensive research, setting the base of his widest-known work, 'l'uomo delinquente'. At last, a number of contemporary and recent comments concerning his theories are quoted, and some criminologically relevant findings of modern genetics are mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Kantonale Psychiatrische Klinik, Münsterlingen.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Knecht
mesh_terms: D003417:Criminal Psychology / Q000266:history*; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history
vernacular_title: Geschichte der Psychiatrie: Cesare Lombroso und der geborene Verbrecher.