Open AccessKoncepcje eugeniczne w polskiej nauce kryminologii w okresie międzywojennym (aspekty prawno-kryminalne)
Author(s) -
Józef Koredczuk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
studia nad autorytaryzmem i totalitaryzmem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2300-7249
DOI - 10.19195/2300-7249.43.1.15
Subject(s) - commit , opposition (politics) , law , eugenics , german , criminology , criminal law , political science , sociology , history , politics , archaeology , database , computer science
The aim of the article is to show the role of eugenic concepts in the views of Polish legal criminologists looking for solutions to reduce crime. One way they considered was castration and especially sterilization of criminals, believing that the propensity to commit crimes is hereditary. These concepts raised great moral and ethical doubts as well as legal ones. Most of them met with opposition from Polish lawyers, but were still popular due to the inuence of the anthropological school in the study of criminal law. In the 1930s, the solutions were adopted in German law.