SOCB50H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Leilani Muir, Enrico Ferri, Cesare Lombroso
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Week 4 - september 27 th , 2016. The idea that unusual physical characteristics can mark the evil and criminal person is an ancient one: from homer"s iliad: One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame; Physical characteristics of criminals: called a science at the time, although had no sufficient validity. More like stereotypes of a good citizen: four techniques for criminal detection: Physiognomy: science of judging character based on facial features (e. g. , shifty eyes, weak chins, large arrogant noses"): john casper lavater published physionomical fragments in zurich in 1775, widely used by many social institutions. E. g. , patients in mental institutions: scientifically label ethnic groups as criminals, called a science" no rigorous testing, some enforcement agencies take this seriously. E. g. , securities at airports look for people who are sweating, fidgeting, lack of eye contact, etc. But what about people who just got off a red eye flight or are nervous because they"re.
