Scientist and criminologist Cesare Lombroso went down in history as the author of a theory about the biological predisposition of a number of people to commit crimes - a theory that, to a certain extent, laid the foundations of modern criminal anthropology and criminal psychology. The richest factual material, unexpected for an Italian, truly German meticulousness and scrupulousness in systematizing data, and finally, the scale of research - thanks to all this, the works of C. Lombroso remain in demand to this day. This publication includes the classic studies of C. Lombroso - from the Italian scientist who glorified him in professional circles of the “Criminal Man” before the work “Genius and Madness” that brought him worldwide fame.