LEGALST 160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Atavism
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Criminals didn"t act out of free will but rather they were urged to commit crimes because of their innate organic nature. Punishment should be proportional to the dangerousness of the criminal. Vain, vindictive, dominated by a thirst for blood, and delighted in orgies. Measured a criminal by their physical appearance. Reproduce ancestral types to resemble one"s grandparents or great- grandparents more than one"s parents. White civilized normal man was at risk of reverting to the ancestral type because it was the earliest stage of individual and human evolution. Constitutionally morally insane, psychological characteristics that belong to the primitive stage of humankind, and lacked any moral sense. Can be identified by the possession of certain visible features such as asymmetry of the face. Society has a right to punish criminals in order to defend itself. Normal women are mothers and sexually passive. Robbers and murders are taller than rapist, forgers, and thieves. Prisoners are energetic when they work continuously.
