strengths in lombroso's theory - physiological

Question 1

what was lombroso the first person to do

Answer 1

study crime from a scientific perspective rather than from a moral or religious perspective

Question 2

what did his research show the importance of

Answer 2

examining clinical and historical records of criminals to try and identify common themes in criminality rather than a simple choice by the offender

Question 3

what did goring find

Answer 3

all convicts had the same low order intelligence and argued that as this is genetic, there must be a genetic base to criminality