SOC225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Atavism, Somatotype And Constitutional Psychology, Eugenics
4 Dec 2018
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Lombroso and the positive school (1: influenced by darwin"s theory of evolution (but do not blame. Darwin for lombroso"s work - darwin studied birds not criminals: based on research in italian prisons - lombroso felt that criminals were atavisms , term means a throwback to an earlier form of human evolution. Criminals: such individuals would not be as committed and engaged in crime as born criminals occasional criminals. Biological theories: physical characteristics: charles goring found that lombroso"s stigmata" were not related to criminality, but did feel criminality was inherited through low intelligence, possible to inherit those traits as a result of low intelligence. Individuals of this body type are much more prone to crime tendencies than those who are not. Biological theories: physical characteristics: very poor methodology in many of these studies, this correlation may be due to social selection factors, selection involved in these studies influenced the results. Critically examine the statement that criminals are born.
