CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: None Of The Above, Psych, Psychopathy Checklist

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Criminal behavior is caused by evil or the devil and is a sin. Criminal behaviour became to be known as a sickness and not a sin. The skull is a phonology head that determines the personality traits and indicators of the persons being. The founder of criminology, interested in the skull and inheritance of criminology in the person. Criminals were born, not made (in biology) Stigmata or brand/mark that allows us to see the person"s criminality. 18 physical abnormalities (asymmetrical face or head, twisted head, large nose, giant earlobe etc. ) The shape of the body, and the bodily form. Second assumption: we can then, using established methods of scientific observation, distinguish between criminals and non-criminals based on their physical, psychological and biological attributes i. e. those who have a propensity or predisposition to commit criminal behaviour. Biochemical (hormones, health, influence of toxins, etc. )