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Also Known As Franz Gabriel Alexander
Born January 22, 1891 • Budapest • Hungary
Died March 8, 1964 (aged 73) • Palm Springs • California
Notable Works “Psychosomatic Medicine: Its Principles and Applications”
Subjects Of Study Sigmund Freud • psychosomatic disorder • superego • behaviour • crime • delinquency
Earnest A. Hooton
American anthropologist
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychoanalyst
Sir John Fielding
British police reformer
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr.
American murderer
Eleanor Glueck
American criminologist
Richard A. Loeb
American murderer
Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
Lyle Menendez
American convicted killer
Erik Menendez
American convicted killer
In court
Menendez brothers
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Steven Avery
American laborer
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson
American boxer
Gaston Means
American confidence man
O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
American football player
Robert Durst
Robert Durst
American real-estate heir
Al Capone
Al Capone
American gangster
Frank, Leo
Leo Frank
American factory superintendent
Gary Gilmore
American murderer
Jack Ruby
Jack Ruby
American assassin
Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff
American hedge-fund investor