Essays Tagged: "Lombroso"

Psychological theories of criminal behaviour

he earliest positivists were convinced that criminal behaviour was a result of genetic abnormality. Lombroso advanced the notion of atavism, which stated criminals represented a savage, earlier form o ... nced the notion of atavism, which stated criminals represented a savage, earlier form of humankind. Lombroso compiled a list of physical features that were associated with criminals, which included pr ...

(8 pages) 445 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Outline and evaluate what you take to be the achievements of feminist criminology

fields. These theories all had an effect on sentencing and the way in which criminals were treated.Lombroso and Ferrero (1885) were the first criminologists to study the biological appearance of fema ... errero (1885) were the first criminologists to study the biological appearance of female offenders. Lombroso was one of the pioneers of criminology and his work represents some of the first theorising ...

(8 pages) 163 1 3.8 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Criminological theories - Durkheim, Beccaria, Lombroso

escribe the theories of crime and punishment according to the positivists Emile Durkheim and Cesare Lombroso, and the classical criminologist Marcese de Beccaria. The theories were developed as a resp ... n the positivist and the classical school of criminology. Finally, a critique of the theories of C. Lombroso and M. de Beccaria will be provided from Durkheim's point of view.Comentator: Welcome to th ...

(8 pages) 329 0 4.6 Aug/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Critically evaluate biological and sociological theories and discuss how these contribute to the explanation for the occurrence of crime

in cause of crime.Biological theories:One of the founders of modern criminology and leaders, Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), thought that people were born predisposed to antisocial behaviour (Bartol, 200 ... aws, high cheek bones, fat lips and large ears, as well as other "atavistic" features. According to Lombroso, such people favour behaviour becoming that of primates than that of normal people in human ...

(18 pages) 923 0 0.0 Aug/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Why do individuals commit crimes?

s have a mental and/or physical inferiority which causes them to commit criminal acts. In specific, Lombroso's Theory of Criminal Type categorizes people as potential criminals by the physical charact ... iminal Type categorizes people as potential criminals by the physical characteristics they possess. Lombroso's Theory specifically believes that criminals can be identified through skeletal characteri ...

(6 pages) 5 0 0.0 Apr/2014

Subjects: Law & Government Essays