SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Zygomatic Bone, Y Chromosome, Scientific Method
20 Oct 2016
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Textbook: if not mentioned by him in class, a name, then we don"t have to focus on it. Very close connections to enlightenment and came out in 19th century. Emphasis on the application of the scientific method to the study of human behaviour. Positivists believe we can study humans like we can study anything in the natural or physical world. Darwin"s on the origin of species - well known example of early positivist thinking that strongly influenced the development of criminological theorizing. Argues his idea of natural selection - survival of the fittest. Long en roso (something like that) her concept of atavists. Those who display primitive, ape-like characteristics are biologically predisposed to crime. Identified these characteristics on prison inmates compared to soldiers. Wrote a book called the female criminal. Argued, like original theory, some females are born criminals. Focused on body types, and developed typology of body types and listed with specific temperaments.
