AC2.1 AC3.2 Flashcards
Who’s Lombroso and what did he believe?
Cesare lombroso was an Italian psychiatrist and military doctor.
‘Father of Modern Criminology’
He believed that people are born criminal (Heritable) and can be identified based on their physical characteristics.
The criminal face according to Lombroso
Large jaw
High cheekbones
Bloodshit eyes
Hawk-like nose
Expressive face
Sloping forehead
Thick close eyebrows
What other physical and psychological characteristics do criminals have according to Lombroso?
Physical:
Solitary lines in the palms
Excessively long arms
Tattoo
Extremely acute eyesiggt
Psychological:
Insensible to pain
Love of orgies
Irresistible craving for pain
What is atavism?
Lombroso believes that criminals were atavistic.
Primitive stage of evolution l
Savages
How and what did he do for his research?
He sent years measuring and recording the details of the faces and heads of thousands of prisoners.
HE examined the facial and cranial facials of 383 dead criminals and 3839 living ones.
What is a criminaloid?
Criminals whose criminality was caused by the environmental factors (such as the opportunity to steal), rather than biology.
What did Lombroso say about females?
Females’ natural passivity that withheld them from breaking the law, as they lacked the intelligence and initiative to become criminal.
Women who commit crimes had different physical characteristics l, such as excessive body hair…
Do all criminals look the same?
Murderers: bloodshot eyes
Sex offenders: thick lips
Thieves: flattened noses
