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Atavistic form |
Innate physical characteristics of a person cause them to become a criminal. Facial features usually appear like 'lower primates' |
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Features of an atavistic form |
Asymmetry to the face Unnaturally sized ears |
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Empirical evidence |
383 convicted Italian criminals were studied, 21% had one atavistic trait and 42% had at least five |
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Influences of the environment: types of criminal |
Born criminals- atavistic type, identifiable by their physical characteristics |
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Somatotypes, presented by Kretschmer |
Asthenic- tall/thin, petty theives |
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Evaluation of Atavistic form: methods |
Lack of adequate controls- he only studied criminals NOT non-criminals |
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Evaluation of Atavistic form: Bias
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Androcentric- believed women were less evolved than men; naturally jealous, insensitive to pain and low in intelligence. Believed female criminals had masculine characteristics that when adopted by a woman, created a monster. |
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Evaluation of Atavistic form: racism
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DeLisi- curly hair, dark skin, flattened nose identified are all characteristics of people form African descent. |
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Evaluation of Atavistic form: contributions
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Brought science to the study of crime and is regarded as the father of criminology |
