Alexandre Lacassagne
French criminologist (1843–1924) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexandre Lacassagne (August 17, 1843 – September 24, 1924) was a French physician and criminologist who was a native of Cahors. He was the founder of the Lacassagne school of criminology, based in Lyon and influential from 1885 to 1914,[1] and the main rival to Lombroso's Italian school.[1]
Lacassagne wrote "Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves".[2]