ADJ-1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Somatotype And Constitutional Psychology, Monoamine Oxidase, Twin Study
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(even today in hollywood, hannibal lecter, they are still bombarded with these physical characteristics ; we are not free of the external stigmata) criminality=pathology. Their view is so outside the normal trend of distribution and is an outlier but is not true, these born criminals" are completely abnormal. Did not completely do away with the biological explanation. Countryside people were more accepting of violating the law, about 60% of criminality was attributed to biology. By 1950s, people abandoned the stigmata,biological characteristics that characterize criminals, but things that can"t be directly observed . Share exactly the same genetic code, identical twins. If both are criminals, it is concordance , for mono criminal offending. Outcome for child based on biological and adoptive parent criminally. Parent is a criminal and child is born into that, there"s a genetic component but the house. 13. 5% natural rate of criminality any person becoming a criminal.
