evaluation of biological theories in causing criminality

Question 1

lambroso strengths

Answer 1

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Question 2

what was he the first person to do?

Answer 2

lambroso was the first person to give criminology a scientific credibility

Question 3

who is charles goring?

Answer 3

found a low-order intelligence in convicts, which suggests some genetic base to criminality

Question 4

what idea did he challenge?

Answer 4

challenged the idea that criminals are evil or that they choose to be criminal

Question 5

prevention

Answer 5

helps focus on prevention not punishment

Question 6

weaknesses

Question 7

was there a control group?

Answer 7

no control group - no comparison. (did not compare with non criminals)

Question 8

activistic

Answer 8

not everyone with atavistic features are criminals and not all criminals have them

Question 9

racist

Answer 9

racist - features defined african descent

Question 10

charles goring

Answer 10

used non-criminal control group and found no changes

Question 11

sheldon strengths

Question 12

replication

Answer 12

other studies replicate results - putwain & sammons 2002

Question 13

comparison

Answer 13

200 people were used for a sample and compared to non-offenders

Question 14

reliability

Answer 14

some reliability. glueck and glueck - 60% were mesomorphs, 31% weren’t

Question 15

weaknesses

Question 16

explanation

Answer 16

couldn’t explain how ectomorphs and endomorphs were also criminals

Question 17

change

Answer 17

does not take into account that people’s bodies change

Question 18

situation

Answer 18

does not take into account situation e.g peer pressure or social class

Question 19

labels

Answer 19

labelling