Cesare Lombroso’s Museum Of Criminal Anthropology.
Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909) was the father of Italian Positivist Criminology, a school of thought advocating biological determinism (the belief that human behavior is innate and unalterable) as the cause of human criminality. He contended that the born criminal could be detected by certain physical characteristics, such as high cheekbones and upturned noses, among other “atavistic stigmata.” He “proved” his theories by taking skull measurements of “criminal” Southern Italians and comparing them with soldiers loyal to Piedmont. His gruesome collection of decapitated headsharvested from Southern Italy is currently displayed at the Cesare Lombroso museum.
