SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ingroups And Outgroups, Ritualism In The Church Of England, Reaction Formation
15 Feb 2013
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Theories of deviance: an introduction (adler intro part 2 pg. Biological and psychological theories in the 1800s, cesare lombroso suggested that criminals were more like primitive hu- man beings, resembling their ape-like ancestors. Criminals were born not made, therefore unresponsive to rehabilitation or treatment. Charles goring and earnest hooton connection people with physical inferiorities, such as being shorter and light, to both criminal types. William sheldon suggested that body types correlated to criminality - somatotypes. Neither the slow endomorphs or lean ectomorphs were as criminally included as the muscular mesomorphs. Xxy syndrome is where men have an extra y chromosome creating a double male or supermale who were usually tall and predisposed to aggressive and violent behaviour twin studies were very popular as well. Brain studies suggested that some people might cease their deviant ways if their brains were surgically altered.
