LOMBROSO AND THE BORN CRIMINAL Flashcards
in what year did lombroso become a professor of legal medicine and publish ‘criminal man’?
1876
what is criminal anthropology based on?
links between the nature of a crime and the personality or physical appearance of the offender
when was lombrosos revelation about the ‘born criminal’ and what is it?
1871, lombroso had an epiphany that incorrigible offenders were ape like, they are incurable
in criminal man what were some critics?
lombroso had too much information over his editions and the information was inconsistant
what are some of the points made about female criminals ?
violent female offenders far exceeded men in ferocity and cruelty: reasons being that they were inferior to men and their maternal instincts helped to restrain their inherent savagery.
why did lombroso believe that children could be regarded as morally insane?
because by being educated and had discipline teach them respect for morality and justice
what were some traits that lombroso believed about criminal women in his book 1893?
mostly more attractive, lack of maternal instinct, identifiable by their masculine or virile features or their similarity to primitive races. he believed 14% of female offenders were born criminals
what was the cause of crime according to lombroso ?
atavism (genetic trait that re-occurs after skipping several generations)
what did lombroso acknowledge about born criminals?
they acted out of biology but advocate the rights to protect itself from them so called “social defence”
who were lombrosos most prominant followers?
Enrico Ferri and Raffaele Garofalo (lawyers)
where was criminal anthropology not received well?
france, due to their more sociological approach to crime and criminals
