SOCI 388 Chapter Notes - Chapter Gould: Hominidae, Anthropological Criminology, Atavism
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The ape in some of us: criminal anthropology. Criminals are innately driven to act as a normal ape or savage would, but such behavior is deemed criminal in our civilized sct. Fortunately, we may identify born criminals because they bear anatomical signs of their apishness: their atavism is both physical and mental. Criminal behavior can also arise in normal men, but we know the (cid:862)born (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)al(cid:863) (cid:271)y his a(cid:374)ato(cid:373)y. Also claimed the child as inherently criminal, for the child is an ancestral adult, a living primitive. The argot of criminals, a language of their own with high levels of onomatopoeia, much like the speech of children and savages: 2. Tattooing, reflecting both the insensitivity of criminals to pain and their atavistic love of adornment. Lo(cid:373)(cid:271)(cid:396)oso"s (cid:396)et(cid:396)eat: lo(cid:373)(cid:271)(cid:396)oso"s theo(cid:396)y of ata(cid:448)is(cid:373) (cid:272)aused a great stir and aroused one of the most heated scientific debates of the 19th century.
