biological theories affecting policy - EUGENICS

Question 1

what is EUGENICS?

Answer 1

EUGENICS is the selection of desired heritable characteristics in order to improve future generations and get rid of the criminal gene

Question 2

what are examples of INFERIOR GENES?

Answer 2

low intelligence, insanity, poverty

Question 3

example of EUGENICS

Answer 3

NAZI GERMANY
- hitler and the Nazi party’s policy of the ”master race” is history’s most extreme case of eugenics policy
- these policies were aimed at purifying the Aryan race by eliminating those they deemed unfit to breed

Question 4

EUGENICS - the Holocaust

Answer 4

• state authorised genocide and eugenics which saw anyone classed as “deviant” placed in concentration camps and killed
• 6 million jewish people killed
• 1.5 million roma and gypsies killed
• 1000s of those viewed as deviant

Question 5

EUGENICS and crime

Answer 5

LOMBROSO believed you inherit your genes introduced SURGICAL STERILISATION by PREVENTING THE GENETICALLY UNFIT FROM BREEDING

Question 6

was EUGENICS a successful way of treating people to reduce crime

Answer 6

• NO - massive ETHICAL and HUMAN RIGHTS issues
• unlikely to become a widespread policy due to MORAL and ETHICAL ISSUES