Criminology Unit 2: AC 2.1
Lombroso's theory - correct answer-born criminals
features of a born criminal - correct answer-deep eyes
large in size
thick lips
eyes close together
features of a criminal - correct answer-atavistic features that are heritable
William Sheldon - correct answer-Somatotypes
Which somatotypes is most likely to be a criminal ? - correct answer-Mesomorph
what did Sheldon fined a correlation between? - correct answer-body type and the crime
Jacobs Theory - correct answer-XYY Men
XYY theory - correct answer-suggests that crime may be attributed to chromosome
abnormality
supermales - correct answer-"XYY" Syndrome - acne, prone to violence, tall, prison
which set of chromosomes is over represented in prisons? - correct answer-Jacob et al
(1965) study suggested that men with XYY chromosomes are more aggressive and over
represented in prisons.
Which serial killer who killed and sexual assaulted over 33 men in us had the XYY
chromosomes? - correct answer-John Wayne Gacy
identical twins - correct answer-monozygotic twins
fraternal twins - correct answer-dizygotic twins
Christiansen (1977) - correct answer-studied 3586 twin pairs
concordance rate of;
35% monozygotic twins
13% dizygotic twins male
8% dizygotic twins female
Adoption studies - correct answer-Hutchinson and Mednick (1975)
Hutchinson and Mednick (1975) - correct answer-studied 14,000 adopted children and
discovered that a large proportion of boys with criminal convictions had biological parents
with convictions
Lombroso's theory - correct answer-born criminals
features of a born criminal - correct answer-deep eyes
large in size
thick lips
eyes close together
features of a criminal - correct answer-atavistic features that are heritable
William Sheldon - correct answer-Somatotypes
Which somatotypes is most likely to be a criminal ? - correct answer-Mesomorph
what did Sheldon fined a correlation between? - correct answer-body type and the crime
Jacobs Theory - correct answer-XYY Men
XYY theory - correct answer-suggests that crime may be attributed to chromosome
abnormality
supermales - correct answer-"XYY" Syndrome - acne, prone to violence, tall, prison
which set of chromosomes is over represented in prisons? - correct answer-Jacob et al
(1965) study suggested that men with XYY chromosomes are more aggressive and over
represented in prisons.
Which serial killer who killed and sexual assaulted over 33 men in us had the XYY
chromosomes? - correct answer-John Wayne Gacy
identical twins - correct answer-monozygotic twins
fraternal twins - correct answer-dizygotic twins
Christiansen (1977) - correct answer-studied 3586 twin pairs
concordance rate of;
35% monozygotic twins
13% dizygotic twins male
8% dizygotic twins female
Adoption studies - correct answer-Hutchinson and Mednick (1975)
Hutchinson and Mednick (1975) - correct answer-studied 14,000 adopted children and
discovered that a large proportion of boys with criminal convictions had biological parents
with convictions
