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Can Measuring the Body Reveal the Mind? Signalement Cards in Veenhuizen, 1896-1901

took place · 18 Oct 2026

Drents Archief – ontdek jouw Drenthe, Assen

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Can Measuring the Body Reveal the Mind? Signalement Cards in Veenhuizen, 1896-1901 — Drents Archief – ontdek jouw Drenthe, Assen
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As the Netherlands industrialized and urbanized rapidly at the end of the nineteenth century, more and more people moved around. Wandering vagrants and beggars were quickly associated with criminality - but how do you identify and punish a criminal?