Flashcards in Chapter 11 Deck (48)
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Who is the founding member of the Positive School of Criminology?
Cesare Lombroso (1835)
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Cesare Lombroso was an _______ ________ and former ________.
Italian positivist
surgeon
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_______ _________ was an Italian positivist and former surgeon.
Cesare Lombroso
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Cesare Lombroso founded “________”.
atavists
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_______ _________ founded “atavists”.
Cesare Lombroso
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What is an “atavists”?
subhumans that were a biological throwback or reversion to our caveman ancestors
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What are the characteristics of “atavists”?
(1) excessive hair
(2) huge foreheads
(3) big jaws
(4) swollen lips
(5) bull-leggedness
(6) hunch-backs
(7) flared nostrils
(8) asymmetrical face
(9) beady and deep-set eyes
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Who did Lombroso take influence from?
Charles Darwin’s idea of origin of species
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According to Lombroso, what are the three types of criminals?
(1) Born Criminal
(2) Insane Criminal
(3) Criminaloid
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What is the born criminals’ characteristics?
exhibits the traits of “atavists”
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What is the insane criminals’ characteristics?
low intelligence and serious psychological problems/degeneracy
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What is the criminaloids’ characteristics?
-no physical stigmata or signs of psychological degeneracy
-engages in criminal behavior due to situational and environmental factors
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What is the most common type of criminal, according to Lombroso?
criminaloid
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_______ _________ was the first person to systematically develop the idea that “biological structure determines social function”.
Cesare Lombroso
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Cesare Lombroso was the first person to systematically develop the idea that “__________ ________ determines _______ ________”.
biological structure
social function
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Cesare Lombroso established the value of ______-_______ ___________ for criminal behavior by examining how a wide variety of social and environmental factors.
multi-faceted explanations
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_______ _________ established the value of multi-faceted explanations for criminal behavior by examining how a wide variety of social and environmental factors.
Cesare Lombroso
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Who were Cesare Lombroso’s students?
(1) Enrico Ferri (1856-1909)
(2) Raffaele Garofalo (1852-1934
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What was Enrico Ferri’s major contributions?
-his critique of the classical notion of “free will”
-his scientific investigation of the interrelationships between social, economic, and political factors and crime
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According to Ferri, what are three major criminogenic (crime causing) factors?
(1) physical environment
(2) anthropological attributes
(3) social factors
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What are some examples (Enrico Ferri's) physical environment of this?
an area’s structural attributes
climate/temperature
geographical location
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What are some examples (Enrico Ferri's) anthropological attributes of this?
-age
-sex
-race
-(bodily) physical structure
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What are some examples (Enrico Ferri's) social factors of this?
-population density
-cultural traditions
-religion
-nature of the government
-economic conditions
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What are some of Enrico Ferri's liberal ideas?
(1) free trade
(2) abolition of monopolies
(3) redistribution of wealth
(4) birth control
(5) freedom of divorce/marriage
(6) public assistance/recreation
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________ ________ argued that society must eliminate those who have shown that they cannot adapt to civilized life.
Raffaele Garofalo
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Raffaele Garofalo argued that society must ________ those who have shown that they cannot _____ to civilized life.
eliminate
adapt
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________ _________ supported the death penalty or policies of segregation (deportation and/or isolation) to keep criminals from the gene pool.
Raffaele Garofalo
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Raffaele Garofalo supported the ______ _______ or policies of __________ (deportation and/or isolation) to keep criminals from the gene pool.
death penalty
segregation
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Raffaele Garofalo believed in ___________ __________.
psychological degeneracy
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