CLJ 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Physiognomy, Behavioural Genetics, Scientific Method
11 Aug 2016
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Identifying and understanding unique qualities or characteristics of individuals. Showing how the presence or absence of some chemical hormone or physical structure is related to criminal activity. Positivism is an approach to the study of human behavior that seeks to identify the underlying causes of that behavior. Using the principles and tools of the scientific method. All people are biologically unique and therefore different from all other people. Differences in ind makeup account for differences in ind behavior. Criminal behavior is a result of dif constructions and characteristics of individuals. Early bio research tried to identify physical differentiation between criminals and non-criminals using physiognomy- dif in facial features, and phrenology- change in skull based on growing tissue in developed parts of the brain. Atavism: belief that criminals were less evolved humans who were bio throwbacks. Common characteristics of atavists: large forehead, protruding lips, large jaw, long arms, eyes or ears that stand out from the head, pouch-like cheeks,
