🧍‍♂️Lombrosso

Question 1

Lombrosso

Answer 1

Criminals are physically different from non-criminals.

Question 2

Lombrosso - study

Answer 2

Measured many criminals’ heads and faces.

Question 3

Lombrosso - findings

Answer 3

Criminals more likely to have large jaws, long arms, aquiline noses.

Question 4

Lombrosso - Atavism

Answer 4

Criminals are throwbacks to primitive stage of evolution - pre-social, impulsive, reduced sensitivity to pain.

Question 5

Lombrosso - Further Work

Answer 5

Insane criminals, epileptic criminals.
Criminaloids - product of environment.

Question 6

Lombrosso - strengths

Answer 6

• First person to study crime scientifically.
• Shows importance of clinical and historical records of criminals.
• Helps to focus on how prevention not punishment.

Question 7

Lombrosso - limitations

Answer 7

• No further evidence to link facial features and criminality.
• Did not compare with control group of non-criminals.
• Racist. Equates criminals with savages/ non-western society.