SOCPSY 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Enrico Ferri, Canine Tooth, Vladislav Delay
4 Feb 2020
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Lombroso & the positivist school: born in verona, italy (1835, medical doctor, studied 3000 italian soldiers. Charles goring: the english convict: a statistical study (1913, compared 3000 convicts to non-convicts, the physical and mental constitution of both criminal and law-abiding persons are identical. There is no such thing as an anthropological criminal type . Sociobiology (1970s: sociobiology: human behaviour as motivated by inborn biological urges and desires. The core principle of biosocial theories: genetic make-up contributes significantly to human behaviour. Theodore (ted) bundy: active serial killer between 1974 and 1978, 30 homicides across 7 states, young female victims, executed by electric chair in 1989. If a child witnesses his dad abuses is mother, more likely they will grow up to be abusive: parents will have greatest effect, some argue the media can have this effect, strength: explains role of significant others.
