"Dolichocephaly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... index, the nearer the skull approaches a spherical form, and the lower the index, the more elongated it becomes. The skulls of criminals have no characteristic cephalic index, but tend to an exaggeration of the ethnical type prevalent in their native countries. In regions where dolichocephaly (index less than 80) abounds, the skulls of criminals show a very low index; if, on the contrary, they are natives of districts where brachycephaly (index 80 or more) prevails, they exhibit ...
— Criminal Man - According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso • Gina Lombroso-Ferrero |
