Lombroso

Question 1

People are —- criminal

Answer 1

Born criminal

Question 2

Criminals are identified by

Answer 2

identified by facial features

Question 3

Hypothesis

Answer 3

Those that commit crimes have atavistic/ primitive features

Question 4

Examples of atavistic features

Answer 4

Large/ forward jaw
High cheekbones
Flattened/ upturned nose
Low/ sloping forehead
Long arms
Large ears

Question 5

Sample

Answer 5

383 dead criminals

3839 alive criminals

Question 6

Findings

Answer 6

40% of criminal acts were accounted for by atavistic facial featires

Question 7

Examples

Answer 7

Murderers:
bloodshot eyes
curly hair

Sex offenders:
thick lips
protruding ears

Question 8

Other aspects

Answer 8

Insensitivity to pain
Slag
Tattoos
Unemployment

Question 9

Strengths

Answer 9

further testing (Charles Goring) linked genetics to criminality
Less attractive people are more likely to be found guilty
Challenged free will
Labelled prisons as ‘criminal universities’ and that convicts would exit prison worse than they went in

Question 10

Weaknesses

Answer 10

Lacked a control group
Low accuracy due to possible disfigurements
Racist as they feature presented targeted people of African descent
Deterministic (can’t escape destiny)