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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law and society > key people in law and society > François Joseph Gall
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François Joseph Gall  

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  • The doctor and anatomist François Joseph Gall was the founder of phrenology, a science of the mind now considered outdated but that was of major importance in the Western world in the first half of the nineteenth century. Phrenology put forward a theory for the perpetration of crime, passing of judgment, and application of penalties. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Gall, FrançOis Joseph]

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