CRI205H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Gabriel Tarde, Psychodynamics, Mental Disorder
7 Mar 2017
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Charles goring: found little difference in the physical characteristics of criminals and non criminals but uncovered a relationship between crime and a condition that he called defective intelligence. Goring believed that criminal behaviour was inherited and could be controlled by regulating the reproduction of families exhibiting such traits as feeblemindedness, epilepsy, insanity and defective social instinct . Gabriel tarde: believed people learn from one another through a process of imitation. Proposed 3 laws of imitation to describe why people engage in crime: individuals in close and intimate contact tend to imitate one another"s behaviour, imitation spreads from the top down; consequently, youngsters imitate older individuals. Crime among young, poor, or low status ppl is really their effort to imitate wealthy, older, high status ppl: new acts and behaviours are superimposed on old ones and either reinforce or discourage previous customs. E. g. drug taking may be a popular fad among uni students who previously used alcohol.
