forensics ; biological explanations ; atavistic form

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ATAVISTIC FORM
GDG
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- historical approach to offending
dfgd
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lombroso wrote what book in 1867?
l'huomo delinquente
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in which he suggested what about criminals?
'genetic throwbacks'
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what did he say genetic throwbacks ere?
primitive subspecies biologically different from non-criminals
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by todays standards at best this atavistic form theory would be best described as?
speculative and naive
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though he is credited as doing what?
moving criminology into more rigorous and scientific realm
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and his ideas may well have done what?l
laid foundation for more modern offender profiling techniques to follow
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offenders seen by lombroso as lacking what?
evolutionary development
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their savage and untamed nature meant what?
they'd find it impossible to adjust to demands of civilised society and would turn to crime
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as such how did lombroso see criminal behaviour?
natural tendency
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rooted in?
genealogy of those who engaged in it
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- atavistic characteristics
dgdg
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argued criminal sub-type could be identified as being in possession of what?
particular physiological 'amrkers' linked to particular types of crime
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thse are biologically determined 'atavistic' characteristics mainly features of?
face and head
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that do what for criminals?
make different from rest of us
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in terms of cranial characteristics atavistic form included?
narro, sloping brow / strong, prominent jaw / high cheekbone / facial asymmetry
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other physical markers were?
dark skin + extra toes / ******* / fingers
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he went on to categorise particular types of criminals in regards to?
physical / facial characteristics
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murderers described as having?
bloodhsot eyes / curly hair / long ears
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sexual deviants?
glinting eyes / swollen fleshy lips / projecting ears
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while lips of fraudsters were?
thin and reedy
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beside physical lombroso suggested other aspects of born criminal including?
insensitivity to pain / criminal slang / tattoos / unemployment
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- lombroso's resaerch
dfgdf
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meticulously examined whose facial and cranial features?
hundreds of italian convicts both living and dead
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and proposed what about atavistic form/
associated with number physical anomalies which were key indicators of criminality
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examined how many dead criminal skulls?
383
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and living?
3839
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and concluded what % criminal acts could be accounted for by atavistic characteristics?
40%
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why is this especially dumb?
he's even ******* admitting his own fuckng findings don't even apply to the majority of criminals i really don't get it what an idiot
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EVALUATION
DFGD
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:) contribution to criminology
dfdfg
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hailed as what?
father of criminology
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he is credited for shifting emphasis in crime research away from?
moralistic discourse
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towards what realm?
more scientific and credible
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also how in many ways did it herald the beginning of criminal profiling?
trying to describe how particular typesof peopel are likely to committ particular types of crime
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in this way he made a major contribution to?
science of criminology
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:( scientific racism
dfgd
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several critic inc delisi have drawn attention to what about lombroso's work?
racial undertones
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man of features he described as criminal and atavistic are most likely to be found in which group?
african descent
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similarly description of atavistic being 'uncivilised / primitive / savage' would lend support to?
many eugenic philosophies of time
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:( contradictory evidence
fgdg
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goring like lombroso set out to est what?
whether there were any physical / mental abnormalities among criminal classes
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conducted comparison between how many criminals and non-criminals?
3000 criminals / 3000 non
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what did he conclude?
no evidence that offenders are distinct group w/ unusual facial / cranial characteristics
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though did suggest ppl who commit crime have lower than avg?
intelligence
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which pt supports lombroso's theory that criminals are subspecies?
intelligence
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but questions which key element?
that criminals are different in appearance
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EVALUATION EXTRA
DFGD
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:( poor ctrl in lombroso rsrch
dfgdf
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what didn't he do that goring did?
compare criminal sample w/ non-criminal ctrl grp
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possible that had he done what may have happened?
significant differences in atavistic form may have disappeared
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also failed to account for what?
other important variables
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many criminals h studied had history of what which may have confounded findings?
psychological disorders
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:( causation
dgd
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there may be some criminals w/ atavistic elements but this doesn't mean?
its the ******* cause of their offending u idiot
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facial and cranial differences may be influenced by other factors like?
poverty / poor diet
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rather than?
indication of delayed evolutionary development
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in later work lombroso took less extreme stance acknowledging what?
criminals could be made as wall as born due to environmental factors
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