Criminnology - Lombroso and Sheldon

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What did Lombroso do?
Tried to relate certain physical characteristics, such as jaw size, to criminal psychopathology and criminal behaviour
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Name some characteristics that Lombroso believed were linked to criminals
High cheekbones, large chin, scanty beard, long arms
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Name ONE of Lombroso's strengths
He was the first person to give criminology a scientific credibility
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Name ONE of Lombroso's weaknesses
Not everyone with atavistic features is a criminal and not all criminals have them
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William Sheldon 1898-1977
People could be classified into three body shapes; endomorphic, ectomorphic, mesomorphic
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Endomorphic
Tend to be sociable and relaxed (fat and soft)
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Ectomorphic
Are introverted and restraines (thin and fragile)
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Mesomorphic
Tend to be aggressive and adventurous (muscular and hard)
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What did Sheldon (1949) find?
Many convicts were mesomorphic, and they were least likely to be ectomorphic
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Name ONE of Sheldon's strengths
A number of other studies have confirmed that there is a small association between body build and criminality (Putwain & Sammons 2002)
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Name ONE of Sheldon's weaknesses
Does not take into account that people's samotype is not fixed. People's bodies change throughout their lives
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