CRIM 2416 Lecture Notes - Social Fact, Cesare Lombroso, Atavism
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Have people looking for people looking for these genes . The father of modern criminology ; founder of positive school. Medical doctor measured soldiers, insane people, criminals and members of general public. New-found interest in science, medicine and evolutionary theory led. Cesare lombroso in search of the atavistic man. Degenerate throwback on earlier forms of evolution. Stigmata = protruding jaws, close-set eyes, unusually shaped ears, a sloping forehead, etc. Garofalo identified natural crimes that violated sentiments of. Argued that society was like a natural body ; said that criminals should be eliminated. Social defense theory society had a right to protect itself. Blamed durkheim on why biology loses out to sociology. Durkheim emphasized social facts (e. g. , race, class, gender) over state of individual consciousness. Justified sociology"s existence as an independent science . Sociology (and hence criminology) viewed biology as inconsequential, and viewed human nature as socially constructed.
