Theories 2.1

Question 1

Lombroso’s theory?

Answer 1

All criminals were physically different from non criminals

Question 2

Lombroso’s findings?

Answer 2

Acute eyesight, high cheekbones, large ears, enormous jaws, long arms

Question 3

What did Lombroso see criminality as?

Answer 3

Atavistic, throwbacks to an earlier, primitive stage.

Question 4

Sheldon’s theory?

Answer 4

Saw criminals as physically different with body types

Question 5

What body types did Sheldon discover?

Answer 5

Ecto, endo, mesomorphic

Question 6

Twin studies: summary?

Answer 6

52% concordance rate that if one twin was a criminal, then the other one would also be one too. Non identical twins had a 22% rate.

Question 7

Adoption studies: summary?

Answer 7

Adopted child shares the same env. as their adoptive parents, but same genes as birth parents.

Question 8

Concordance rate for adopted children?

Answer 8

20% rate of a criminal record if birth parent also had one, 15% if their adopted parents had one

Question 9

Jacob’s XYY study summary?

Answer 9

Extra Y chromosome was labelled as ‘super male syndrome’, tended to be tall, well built and have low intelligence

Question 10

Evidence?

Answer 10

XYY criminals had a higher proportion of violence and aggressive assaults

Question 11

Price and Whatmore?

Answer 11

Found that XYY males were immature and unstable