Cesare 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'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.
S’il est vrai qu’une grande fécondité est la preuve d’une bonne santé, je crois que l’école d’anthropologie criminelle n’a besoin d’aucun autre témoignage pour démontrer qu’elle est bien vivante et qu’elle se porte très bien ; quoique quelques gens prétendent qu’elle soit mort-née...
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