PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Longitudinal Study, Cell Nucleus, Ritualism In The Church Of England
1 Feb 2017
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Presented that these specific individuals were evolved into homo sapiens (homo delinquents) Collected data on physical measurements of italian prisoners. Eventually proposed a taxonomy of criminals (5 types) Criminologist do not support lombroso"s claim but many view him as the father of modern crim. Proposed that there was a link between physical characteristics and personality (constitutional psychology) Had three somatotypes: endomorph (fat and soft, mesomorph (muscular and hard)- most common linked to criminal behaviour, ectomorph (thin and fragile) Found a correlation between somatotypes and personality (temperament: endo: viscerotonia (socialable, messo: somatoonia (adventurous, ectomorph: cerotonia (restrained) Glueck and glueck (1950) replicated the findings: some more recent research finds no relation, in sum, research is inconclusive. Jacob et al. "s chromosomal theory: structures within cell nuclei which carry the genes, humans consist of 46 chromosomes. Human male 46, xy: proposed violent crimes are a result from a genetic abnormality. Idea is that the extra y chromosomes makes individuals more masculine.
