The Criminality of the Negro
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14828860 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans Von Hentig (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1940 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 662 |
| Publication date | 1940-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1931-1951 (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-2731 • E-ISSN: 2160-0015 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1136933 |
| OpenAlex | W33075223 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The concept of race is one of the many helpful-helpful but dangerous-simplifications of the human mind. We like to say that races as biologically-grouped human units show strong anatomical or physiological similarities. Such conformities have probably been developed during periods of isolation-geographical, forced, or selfimposed isolation-and present a maximal adjustment to a set habitat. This laboriously established equilibrium, however, is bound to falter as soon as the physical forces around it suffer a change or when migrations carry the racial groups into new regions and among other breeds
Criminology · Sociology · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1954 - 2020 (67) |
| Highly cited | No |