Rocque, Michael; Welsh, Brandon C.; Raine, Adrian - In: Journal of Criminal Justice 40 (2012) 4, pp. 306-312
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, criminological efforts to prevent or reduce crime were centered on addressing presumed biological causes of crime. Most of these strategies involved calls for eugenics—proposals that today are considered unethical and morally reprehensible....