CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Blunt Trauma, Frontal Lobe, Endocrine Disease
11 Jul 2017
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Look for the odd characteristics, need a control group (lombroso"s mess up) Studies: follow the same group of people over a long period of time: samples are smaller, dif cult research to do, control variables. C-s investigations: snap shot in time comparing two groups of people: dif cult to control other variables, large sample, quick. Brain damage: signi cant amount of trauma to the frontal lobe: inhibits impulse behaviour, Epilepsy: nothing to do with criminality, except in extreme cases that can cause blunt force trauma (and cause brain damage) -gotten a bad rap . Endocrine disorder: hormone they were interested in was testosterone (driving factor behind all impulsive criminality) not real connected. Environmental factors and social in uences: turn on/off particular genes, impact development. Twin vs adoption studies: monozygotic twins: even if separated at birth, they is more common criminality, even if environment is different. More so than siblings siblings, or dizygotic twins.
