FBS 155 EXAM 1
Herbert Weinstein
Confessed to strangling his wife, then dropping her body out of their apartment
window to make it look like a suicide. No criminal record, no history of violent
behavior, no short temper. Admitted his guilt and admitted his attempt to cover up
his crime.
- He had cyst pressure on temporal lobe, compromising self-control and
emotional regulation.
Frye hearing
James Frye murder trial in 1922. Plea deal to manslaughter with a sentence of
seven to fourteen years. A model prisoner who tutored other inmates and
showed no further violent tendencies. Served 14 years in prison before being
paroled in 2006. He died in 2009.
Frye Criteria
Admissibility of scientific evidence. Only when the technique is generally
accepted as reliable in the relevant scientific community. Frye standard has been
superseded by the Daubert standard..
Spyder Cyskopf
Weblike structure in which the arachnoid cysts was localized. Seminars in
Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 1996. "...agreed to donate his brain and spinal cord for
further research, as well as his organs for possible transplant."
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
1. Whether the theory or technique in question can be and has been tested.
2. Whether it has been subjected to peer review and publication
3. It's known or potential error rate
4. The existence and maintenance of standards controlling its operation
,5. Whether it has attracted widespread acceptance within a relevant scientific
community.
What is a crime?
Conduct or failure to act in violation of the law forbidding or commanding it, and
for which a range of possible penalties exist upon conviction.
Hammurabi Code of Laws
282 laws that set standards of conduct and justice
While every crime violates the law, not every violation of the law counts as a
crime
..
Marijuana Key Statistics
59.3% of the U.S. population now lives in a state where marijuana has been
legalized.
Brock Allen Turner
•Convicted of three felony counts: assault with the intent to commit rape of an
unconscious person, sexual penetration of an unconscious person and sexual
penetration of an intoxicated person.
•Facing a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
•Judge sentenced Turner to six months in county jail and three years of
probation.
•Lied about never partying and taking drugs
•Arrested before the sexual assault in an unrelated incident
• "Creeped" out another woman at a party the weekend before the assault
•Tried to kiss and grope the victim's sister before the sexual assault.
, Plato, BC 400
Thought criminality was caused by an obscurity of thought.
St. Paul, AD 46
Thought it was caused by sinfulness.
Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909) Italian Criminal Anthropologist
Biologically, the criminal has more common traits with lower-ordered animals.
Because of the biological backwardness, more likely to behave like an animal
with few inhibitions. Biological throwback to an earlier evolutionary stage.
Atavism
Atavism
Traits reappearing that had disappeared generations before.
Physical Features of Criminals (Cesare Lombroso)
•Large jaw and cheekbones
•Eye defects
•Ears "standing out like a chimpanzee"
•Chin either receding or long "as in apes"
•Very long arms
•Nose Shapes:
•Flattened = Thief
•Beak = Murderer
William Sheldon (1898-1977)
Classified people into three different groups; certain behaviors correlated with
each of the three body types; Ectomorph, mesomorph, endomorph.
Herbert Weinstein
Confessed to strangling his wife, then dropping her body out of their apartment
window to make it look like a suicide. No criminal record, no history of violent
behavior, no short temper. Admitted his guilt and admitted his attempt to cover up
his crime.
- He had cyst pressure on temporal lobe, compromising self-control and
emotional regulation.
Frye hearing
James Frye murder trial in 1922. Plea deal to manslaughter with a sentence of
seven to fourteen years. A model prisoner who tutored other inmates and
showed no further violent tendencies. Served 14 years in prison before being
paroled in 2006. He died in 2009.
Frye Criteria
Admissibility of scientific evidence. Only when the technique is generally
accepted as reliable in the relevant scientific community. Frye standard has been
superseded by the Daubert standard..
Spyder Cyskopf
Weblike structure in which the arachnoid cysts was localized. Seminars in
Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 1996. "...agreed to donate his brain and spinal cord for
further research, as well as his organs for possible transplant."
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
1. Whether the theory or technique in question can be and has been tested.
2. Whether it has been subjected to peer review and publication
3. It's known or potential error rate
4. The existence and maintenance of standards controlling its operation
,5. Whether it has attracted widespread acceptance within a relevant scientific
community.
What is a crime?
Conduct or failure to act in violation of the law forbidding or commanding it, and
for which a range of possible penalties exist upon conviction.
Hammurabi Code of Laws
282 laws that set standards of conduct and justice
While every crime violates the law, not every violation of the law counts as a
crime
..
Marijuana Key Statistics
59.3% of the U.S. population now lives in a state where marijuana has been
legalized.
Brock Allen Turner
•Convicted of three felony counts: assault with the intent to commit rape of an
unconscious person, sexual penetration of an unconscious person and sexual
penetration of an intoxicated person.
•Facing a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
•Judge sentenced Turner to six months in county jail and three years of
probation.
•Lied about never partying and taking drugs
•Arrested before the sexual assault in an unrelated incident
• "Creeped" out another woman at a party the weekend before the assault
•Tried to kiss and grope the victim's sister before the sexual assault.
, Plato, BC 400
Thought criminality was caused by an obscurity of thought.
St. Paul, AD 46
Thought it was caused by sinfulness.
Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909) Italian Criminal Anthropologist
Biologically, the criminal has more common traits with lower-ordered animals.
Because of the biological backwardness, more likely to behave like an animal
with few inhibitions. Biological throwback to an earlier evolutionary stage.
Atavism
Atavism
Traits reappearing that had disappeared generations before.
Physical Features of Criminals (Cesare Lombroso)
•Large jaw and cheekbones
•Eye defects
•Ears "standing out like a chimpanzee"
•Chin either receding or long "as in apes"
•Very long arms
•Nose Shapes:
•Flattened = Thief
•Beak = Murderer
William Sheldon (1898-1977)
Classified people into three different groups; certain behaviors correlated with
each of the three body types; Ectomorph, mesomorph, endomorph.
