This book contains Havelock Ellis's 1890 study, "The Criminal". In this
text, Ellis has endeavoured to present a critical summary of "criminal
anthropology", or the characteristics of criminals. Although much of
what is contained within this book now belongs decisively in the realms
of pseudoscience, Ellis's "The Criminal" will appeal to collectors and
those with an interest in the development of scientific thought.
Contents include: "The Study of the Criminal", "Criminal Anthropology",
"Cranial and Cerebral Characteristics", "The Face", "Anomalies of the
Hair", "Criminal Physiognomy", "The Body and Viscera", "Heredity",
"Tattooing", "Motor Activity", "Physical Sensibility", "Moral
Insensibility", "Vanity", "Intelligence", etcetera. Henry Havelock Ellis
(1859 -1939), also referred to as Havelock Ellis, was an English
physician, writer, and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He
was co-author of the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality
in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sociological issues.
Many vintage texts such as this are becoming increasingly rare and
expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this
volume now, in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes
complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
