Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Alexandre Lacassagne, Individualism, Anthropological Criminology
3 Feb 2017
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All members of aristocracy or ruling elites. Phenomena out there to be measured (cid:498)objectively(cid:499) He thought is was constructed in a political structure. Son of jewish parents, born in verona (austrain rule) Phrenology: study of the body type and physique that determines. After 1863, studied 3000 soldiers (tattoos) behaviour (criminal) Became prison physician at turin and examined hundreds of convicts. At least 22 other scholars writing on the same issue prior to. Comte (augutse) on empirical positivism (natural sciences) Published as crime: its causes and remedies 1899. Criticism of his work ignoring social factors. Reduced proportion of born criminals to 33% from 65-75% No adequate control group, adjusted for age, class, and height. Use of statistics sample (no understanding of standard deviation) Recognized poverty, alcohol, gangs, prisons, price of food. Sentencing is indefinite, you have to earn your way out of. Favoured death penalty and prison for (cid:494)born(cid:495) criminals. University of bologna law and medicine.
