PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cesare Lombroso, Impulsivity, Murder Of Reena Virk
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Guy named sam found her and made her a prostitute. Sally became addicted to drugs and would commit robberies, break and enters, and drug trafficking. Went to jail for armed robbery and second degree murder. Released at 28 and ready to change and become new (better) person. Cesare lombroso first person to study criminal behaviour using traditional scientific methods. Lombroso published la donna delinquente (the female offender) Lombroso"s account of female criminal conduct was sexist and focused on biology and sexuality. Scholars like rita simon sought to understand female criminality through the lens of feminism. Criminal justice system has witnessed a substantial increase in number of female offenders arrested and/or charged and subsequently imprisoned increase outpaces male counterparts. Universal fact about crime: girls and women commit substantially less of it, and particularly less violent and less serious crime as boys and men. Females account for a relatively higher proportion of property charges.
