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bio explanation- atavism
lombroso's theory of atavism
popularised in late 1800s
some are born criminals
have primitive features at birth
atavistic features
men need 5+
women need 3+
some people are throwbacks to earlier evolution
lombroso's research
method
383 dead/ 3,839 alive criminals in italy
examined facial/ cranial features
noted down their physical anomalies
40% had atavistic features
more primitive = more likely to commit crime
types of criminals
murderers
bloodshot/piercing eyes
hooked nose
strong jaw
prominent cheekbones
long arms
scanty beard
baldness
insensitivity to pain
tattoos
thieves
small face
wandering eyes
long,thin mobile fingers
manual dexterity
flattened nose
scanty beard
expressive face
rapists
thick lips
curly hair
protruding ears
long jaw
glittering eyes
EV
lombroso's research
the 40% adds credibility and link to criminality
methodological issues
no non-offender control group
what about links between crime and social conditions?
e.g poverty/ social class
hay and forest argue this
contradictory research
goring
compared 3000 offenders and non-offenders
no distinct group w/ atypical features
did have lower intelligence
practical applications
father of modern criminology
shifted discourse from moral (wickedness) to scientific