Paris, J. B. Baillière 1891. 8vo (25.1 x 16.7 cm). 180 pp. Original printed wrappers.

A detailed study, including several examples of criminal behaviour by the French medical doctor, anthropologist and criminologist Étienne Émile Adolphe Dortel (1858-1909). The author draws seven conclusions, starting with " The criminal does not exist (explicitly contrary to the theory of Lombroso). Uncut. Wrappers a bit soiled and with a chip in the front and (larger) rear wrapper, and on spine ends. Otherwise a good, clean copy. Rare.