Psychology

A 'teacher' in Milgram's study is instructed to administer an electric shock to a 'learner'.

Experiments in evil: the shocking efforts to understand the atrocities of the Holocaust. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cesare Lombroso, described as the 'father of criminology'. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

The ‘born criminal’? Lombroso and the origins of modern criminology

‘Quacks’: the terrors and theatrics of Victorian medicine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The golden age of murder: Agatha Christie and the Detection Club. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian burials and the history of psychology. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.