historical approsch atavistic form

Question 1

who created atavistic form and when ?

Answer 1

-lombrosso in 1870

Question 2

what are the central ideas of atavistic form ?

Answer 2

-need on idea criminals are more primitive versions of humans and are genetic throwbacks with biological differences to non criminals
savage and untrained nature would make it difficult to live in civilised society
- offending behaviour is innate

Question 3

what are the atavistic characteristics

Answer 3

-asymmetry of face
-excessive jaw dimensions
-eye deficit
-unusual ear size
-twisted nose
-reversing or long chin

Question 4

lombrosso reasesrch

Answer 4

took facial and carnival measurements from hundreds of italian convicts
-383 dead, 3839 living
had distinctive physical abnormalities