Lombroso - Actavism Flashcards
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What did lombros argue
That criminal were a separate species between modern and private humans
Define activistic
Relating to something an in or ancestral
And throwback of earlier state of human development that manifested as tendency to commit crime
What are three examples of activistic features
Large or foward projection of jaw
High check bones
Large ears
What did lombroso examine
Facial and cranial features of 383 dead criminals and 3839 living owns
What did he conclude from his examination
40% of criminals act could be accounted for by activistic Charac
What did he say about born criminals
They could be determined by the physical shape of the head and face
What did he claim about criminality
That it was a heritable and those who committed crime had atavistic features
What did lombroso find out after the examination
That you could tell what crime someone was gonna commit by the way they looked
E.h murders had blood shot eyes and curly hair
What are other aspects of a born criminal other than physical traits according to lombroso
Insensitivity to pain
Use of criminal slang
Tattoos and unemployment
Example of research that supported lombroso claims
Chinese uni reserch
What did the Chinese uni research suggest
That facial features gave criminals away
How did the Chinese uni conduct the research
Using 10 photos of 1,865 Chinese men half of whom had previous criminal convictions were entered into artificial intelligence program
What did the Chinese uni research find
The program wrongfully flagged
Innocent men as criminals 6% of the time but correctly identified 3% of real criminals
