CRM 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Misdemeanor, Panopticism, Racialization
12 Feb 2016
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Biological positivism (18th and 19th century) scientific explanations to crime assumes distinction between between normal and deviant based on scientifically measurable factors outside the immediate control of the individual behaviour is the reflection of biological, genetic or psychological factors individuals are prone to crime based on biological traits born criminals based on their genetic make up break from classical theory: crime is individual choice and free will crime is pre determined focus on individuals and their genetic differences. Born criminal based on e. g. racial make up racialized criminals: reversion of earlier evolutionary stages of the apes the insane criminal : epilepsy females are not able to be criminals: lack genetic makeup, rational thought belief that criminal behaviour is determined by nature genetic make up: sex, skin colour, bone and hair structure criminality can be measured and classified physical traits as sites of study.
