CRIM 1125 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Auguste Comte, Cesare Lombroso, Konrad Lorenz
21 Mar 2017
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Biological theories of crime and causation make certain fundamental assumptions: neurochemistry c. ray jeffery. Brian is the organ of behaviour; no theory of behaviour can ignore neurology and. Basic determinants of human behaviour, including criminal tendencies are. Observed gender and racial differences in rates and types of criminality may be at least constitutionally or genetically based to a considerable degree. partially the result of biological differences between the sexes and between racially distinct groups. Basic determinants of behaviour, including criminality may be passed on from generation. Much of human conduct is fundamentally rooted instinctive behavioural responses such to generation; that is, a penchant for crime may be inherited as territoriality and acquisitiveness that are characteristic of biological organisms everywhere. Biological roots of human conduct have been increasingly disguised, as modern symbolic forms of indirect expressive behaviour have replaced more primitive and direct ones. Interplay between heredity, biology and social environment provides the nexus for any realistic consideration of crime causation.
