CRCJ 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Enrico Ferri, Human Taxonomy, Criminal Type
30 Oct 2014
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Key concepts: cesare lombroso the italian school: Atavism: the appearance of organisms resembling ancestral (pre-human) forms of life, people in the modern era reverting to the ways of thinking and acting of a former time. Born criminals were viewed as a form of human sub-species. Argued that criminal behavior could be explained by studying the interaction of a range of factors: Doctrine of natural crimes : because society is a natural body , crimes are offences against the law of nature . Garofalo rejected the legal definition of crime for a sociological approach. Not just focused on body types, but criminal minds. Criminals lack sentiments of pity and probity. Criminals fail to live by the basic human sentiments necessary for the survival of the species. Elimination is logical outcome to secure species survival. Role of science for the study of crime. Expansion, post-ferri towards an appreciation of environmental factors: criminal family studies: environmental factors.
