ASSESSING POLICIES OF BIOLOGICAL THEORIES

Question 1

ASSESS Methadone for heroin users

Answer 1

Lombrosso links because of ideology that criminals are ‘born criminal’ and become addicts.U -reduces crime because methadone collected from doctor instead of drug dealer.N-addiction can be replaced with methadone instead of becoming drug free completely.

Question 2

EXPLAIN Chemical castration for sex offenders

Answer 2

Chemical given to males to reduce testosterone levels which is the sex hormone.used to reduce their sex drive

Question 3

ASSESS chemical castration for sex offenders

Answer 3

Jacob XYY-also focuses on link between testosterone and crime
U-could reduce sex drive
N-doesn’t apply to women that commit sex crime making it limited

Question 4

EXPLAIN methadone mediation for heroin

Answer 4

Substitution used for heroine to reduce drug crime

Question 5

EXPLAIN diet removal of colouring

Answer 5

Colourings lead to high energy/hyperactivity .this causes aggression and leading to more criminality

Question 6

ASSESS diet removal of colourings

Answer 6

Sheldon says mesomorphs are more aggressive and more likely to commit crime -this policy also link aggression and hyperactivity to criminality.
U-less aggression leads to less criminal behaviour
N-doesn’t reduce non violent crimes like theft

Question 7

Explain eugenics compulsary sterilisation

Answer 7

Stopping criminals having children in order to stop them passing on criminal DNA genes to reduce crime

Question 8

ASSESS compulsory sterilisation

Answer 8

Adoption study also purely focuses on criminality being genetic like this policy
U-lower population in the world leads to reduction in crime
N-leads to more crimes like genocide that are difficult to control

Question 9

Opening sentence and conclusion

Answer 9

O-biological theories focus on the idea that criminality is genetic and therefore inherited
C-overall these policies aren’t /are effective due to the sufficient/insufficient evidence