Gene and character as a hereditary curse: discourses on criminality and abnormality in the Boletim de Eugenia (1929-1932)

The study discusses current research on the etiology of crime in psychiatry and psychology and the different instruments used for this purpose. It is argued that these areas of research present resonances of the deterministic logic of the Positivist School of Criminology and of the eugenicist ration...

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Autores: Silva, Luender Rytchell Martins, Silva, Juliana Ferreira da
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repositorio:Memorandum (Belo Horizonte)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/38843
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/memorandum/article/view/38843
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:eugenia
psicologia criminal
criminalidade
anormalidade
eugenics
criminal psychology
criminality
abnormality
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Sumario:The study discusses current research on the etiology of crime in psychiatry and psychology and the different instruments used for this purpose. It is argued that these areas of research present resonances of the deterministic logic of the Positivist School of Criminology and of the eugenicist rationality of the first half of the 20th century. The historical narrative proposed here seeks to contribute to a reflection on the reification of crime and the use of devices for evaluating the body and the psyche. The study investigated the discourses on criminality and abnormality in the Boletim de Eugenia (1929-1932), exploring the hypothesis of the re-updating of eugenicist thinking in the current onslaught of supposed criminological knowledge. The study concludes that the attempts to capture psychology, as a device of power, make explicit the desire for normalization incorporated in the predictive logic of crime.