Criminology/criminal psych



Criminological TheoriesBiological/Sociobiological TheoriesMajor Principles of Biological TheoriesThe brain is the organ of the mind and the locus of personality.The basic determinants of human behavior are constitutionally or genetically based.Gender and Race play major roles.Human conduct is fundamentally rooted in instinctive behavior.Important PeopleClarence Ray Jeffery: “The brain is the organ of behavior; no theory of behavior can ignore neurology and neurochemistry.”Cesare Lombroso: “At the sight of the skull, I seemed to see all of a sudden, lighted up as a vast plain under a flaming sky, the problem of nature of the criminal.”Connected physical characteristics (i.e. the skull) to criminals in post-mortem examinations.Made a list of features that criminals tended to “share.” They included: receding hairline, forehead wrinkles, bumpy face, broad noses, fleshy lips, sloping shoulders, long arms, and pointy fingers. Similar to primitive man: ATAVISM.Tattoos: Prevalent in criminals because of their high threshold for pain, which was a characteristic shared by primitive man.Policy Implications of Biological Theory:Treatment of defects: drugs, surgery, counselingIndeterminate sentencingMedical issues inside the justice ernment’s role vs. Medical World’s role ................
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