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3 unusual facts about Enrico Ferri


Anthropological criminology

Although similar to physiognomy and phrenology, the term criminal anthropology is generally reserved for the works of the Italian school of criminology of the late 19th century (Cesare Lombroso, Enrico Ferri, Raffaele Garofalo).

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán

While attending, the chair of his department, Professor Enrico Ferri, appreciated the innovative ideas of Gaitán and incorporated some of his work into a volume on Criminology.

Primitivo González del Alba

The most influential and well-known introduction which Primitivo wrote was the extensive one for ‘Sociología Criminal’ Criminal Sociology, the 1907 Spanish translation of a book by Enrico Ferri, first published in Italian in 1884.


Federation of Italian Socialists

In the 1994 general election the FSI formed a joint list with the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), led by Enrico Ferri, and some independents, notably including Dacia Valent.


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University of Bergamo

During the Chancellorship of Giorgio Szëgo, characterized by the new Faculty of Economics, the University continued to expand, but it was the Rector Pietro Enrico Ferri in 1990 who introduced the Faculty of Engineering in Dalmine and accompanied the passing of the private Institute to the State under the new name of "Università degli Studi di Bergamo".