Biological And Psychological Theories

Question 1

Cesare Lombrosso

Answer 1

People are born criminal (innate)

Studied italian prisoners, sketched them

Question 2

1990s New Right

Answer 2

Crime is innate
Black people commit more crime (Hans Eysenck)
Found amongst underclass

Question 3

Sheldon

Answer 3

Crime and body shape 
Studied 200 male offenders aged 15-21
3 typse of physiques
Endomorphic (fat and soft)
Ectomorphic (thin and fragile)
Mesomorphic (muscular and athletic)

Offenders tended to be mesomorphic

Question 4

Hans Eyesenck

Answer 4

Perosnality traits and criminal behaviour
Intoverts
Extroverts

Extroverts more likely to be criminal

Question 5

John Bowlby

Answer 5

Studied 44 young offenders
17 were seperated from mothersbefore age of 5
Offending behaviour takes place when a child has not enjoyed a close and continuous relationship with its mother —> maternal deprivation

Question 6

Critique of John Bowlby

Answer 6

Sample size, generalise, under half been seperated

Gender bias, ignores paternal deprivation