chapter 6 Flashcards

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Genders Convicted of Homicide, which region is this: Men: 96% Women: 4%

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Americas (9 Countries)

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Genders Convicted of Homicide, which region is this: Men: 95% Women: 5%

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Asia (12 countries) & Global (53 countries)

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Genders Convicted of Homicide, which region is this: Men: 92% Women: 8%

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Europe (28 countries)

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what does this define: a theory that studies of the shape of the head to determine anatomical correlates of human behaviour, (also called craniology)

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phrenology

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5
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a European anatomist ___ proposed phrenology

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Frans Joseph gall

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What is this: A twin who develops from the same egg and who carries virtually the same genetic material (Identical twins)

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Monozygotic (MZ) twins

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What is this: A twin who develops from a separate ovum and who carries the genetic material shared by siblings (fraternal twins)

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Dizygotic (DZ) twins

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what are the four theories did Cesare Lombroso create:

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  • Atavism
  • Born Criminal
  • Criminaloids
  • Criminal Anthropology
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Which theory of Cesare Lombroso is this: Criminals are physiological throwbacks to earlier stages of human evolution. implies that criminals are born that way.

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Atavism

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Which theory of Cesare Lombroso is this: An individual who is born with a genetic predilection toward criminality.

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Born Criminal

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Which theory of Cesare Lombroso is this: Occasional criminals who are pulled into criminality primarily by environmental influences

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Criminaloids

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Which theory of Cesare Lombroso is this: The scientific study of the relationship between human physical characteristics and criminality

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Criminal Anthropology

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what is a complete copy of the entire set of human gene instructions?

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Human genome

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What is a study linked murder to ___, a medical condition characterized by low blood sugar; Twinkie Defence

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Hypoglycemia

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Which Body Type is this: soft and round, with digestive viscera that are massive and highly developed, the person is overweight and has a large stomach

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endomorph

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Which Body Type is this: athletic and muscular with somatic structures that are in the ascendancy. The person has larger bones and considerable muscled extremities, with delicate pipestem bones

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Mesomorph

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Which Body Type is this: A body type described as thin and fragile, with long, slender, poorly muscled extremities and delicate bones.

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Ectomorph

18
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What is this: The application of scientific techniques to the study of crime and criminals

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Positivism

19
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Food additives: Hypoglycemia, vitamins, lead, serotonin, testosterone, environmental pollution. could lead to ____

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Criminal behaviour

20
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what is “Supermales”: male individuals displaying the __ chromosome structure, 3.5 percent identified as potentially violent and termed a supermale.

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XYY Chromosome Structure

21
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What is: the attitudes and behaviours that results from strong feelings of identification with one’s own social group?

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Tribalism