Positivist School Flashcards
When did positivist ideas start to form
Late 19th century
How did Darwin have an affect on the positivist school?
His theory of evolution showed humans as a biological species.. influencing the ideas of biology in criminology
Who fathered positivist school?
Lombroso
What did Lombroso believe?
Criminals are biologically different and are born that way. He even argued you could distinguish them physically.
What theories arose from the positivist school?
Crime is hereditary
Criminals are less intelligent
Criminals have a different brain pattern
Females are doubly deviant
Who theorised that crime is hereditary? When? And why?
Dugdale, 1877
Studied Jukes and found evidence that criminals were closely linked
Who theorises that criminals are less intelligent? When? And why?
Goring, 1913
Interviewed them and came to the conclusion they were less intelligent (weak method)
Who theorised criminals have different brain structures? When? What does this mean?
Moir and Jessel, 1995
Leads to inability to resist temptation
link to classical idea of rational choice theory!
Why are females double deviants in positivist eyes?
They should be genetically empathetic, maternal and passive
