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What is Lombrosso's study based off?
Genetics and evolution
What did Lombrosso believe
Criminals have physical characteristics that make them more likely to have criminal tendencies
What form do criminals have according to Lombrosso?
Atavistic form
Who was involved in Lombrosso's study?
400 italian non criminal soldiers and 90 'lunatics'
What did Lombrosso find in his study?
Criminals have physical characteristics which makes them identifiable in public
What characteristics may a criminal have?
High cheekbones and large chin
What features may a rapist have?
Fleshy lips and 'jug ears'
What features may a habitual murderer have?
cold, small wondering eyes
What theory is Sheldon's theory based off?
Lombrosso's
What is Sheldon's theory of somatypes?
,That criminals will have a specific type of body type and temperament
What are the three body types?
Mesomorph, ectomorph and endomorph
What are the features of the body type ectomorph?
Little body fat and reserved
What are the features of the body type endomorph?
High body fat and loves comfort
What are the features of the body type mesomorph?
Muscular and ruthless
Which body type is the criminal body type?
Mesomorph
Who was involved in sheldon's study?
College students and delinquents
What occurred in Sheldon's study?
He rated the individuals on mesomorphy based on photographs (1 low, 7 high)
What did Sheldon find in his study?
Delinquents had higher mean of mesomorphy in comparison to college students (4.6% vs 3.8%)
What did Eleanor and Sheldon Glueck say?
From their comparison to delinquents and non delinquents, delinquents had less emotional
stability
What does family studies look at?
Patterns in a family to see if there is criminal behaviour
, Who did a study for family studies?
Osborne and west
What did Osborne and West do a study on?
They did a study on sons who have criminal fathers and those who do not and compared them
What did Osborne and West find?
Sons with a criminal father had a 40% chance of conviction compared to a 13% chance without
father
What does twin studies look at?
Twins that have been raised in the same household
What two types of twins are there and what is the % of genes that they share?
Dizygotic (50%) , Monozygotic (100%)
Who did a study for twin studies?
Caccaro et al
What did caccaro et al find?
concordance rates of 50% for MZ twins for aggressive behaviour in comparison to
19% for DZ twins
What does adoption studies look at?
Siblings who have been raised in different households/environments
Who did a study for adoption studies?
Mednick
What did Mednick look at?
14,427 court convictions of adopted children and the criminal records of both types of parents
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What is Lombrosso's study based off?
Genetics and evolution
What did Lombrosso believe
Criminals have physical characteristics that make them more likely to have criminal tendencies
What form do criminals have according to Lombrosso?
Atavistic form
Who was involved in Lombrosso's study?
400 italian non criminal soldiers and 90 'lunatics'
What did Lombrosso find in his study?
Criminals have physical characteristics which makes them identifiable in public
What characteristics may a criminal have?
High cheekbones and large chin
What features may a rapist have?
Fleshy lips and 'jug ears'
What features may a habitual murderer have?
cold, small wondering eyes
What theory is Sheldon's theory based off?
Lombrosso's
What is Sheldon's theory of somatypes?
,That criminals will have a specific type of body type and temperament
What are the three body types?
Mesomorph, ectomorph and endomorph
What are the features of the body type ectomorph?
Little body fat and reserved
What are the features of the body type endomorph?
High body fat and loves comfort
What are the features of the body type mesomorph?
Muscular and ruthless
Which body type is the criminal body type?
Mesomorph
Who was involved in sheldon's study?
College students and delinquents
What occurred in Sheldon's study?
He rated the individuals on mesomorphy based on photographs (1 low, 7 high)
What did Sheldon find in his study?
Delinquents had higher mean of mesomorphy in comparison to college students (4.6% vs 3.8%)
What did Eleanor and Sheldon Glueck say?
From their comparison to delinquents and non delinquents, delinquents had less emotional
stability
What does family studies look at?
Patterns in a family to see if there is criminal behaviour
, Who did a study for family studies?
Osborne and west
What did Osborne and West do a study on?
They did a study on sons who have criminal fathers and those who do not and compared them
What did Osborne and West find?
Sons with a criminal father had a 40% chance of conviction compared to a 13% chance without
father
What does twin studies look at?
Twins that have been raised in the same household
What two types of twins are there and what is the % of genes that they share?
Dizygotic (50%) , Monozygotic (100%)
Who did a study for twin studies?
Caccaro et al
What did caccaro et al find?
concordance rates of 50% for MZ twins for aggressive behaviour in comparison to
19% for DZ twins
What does adoption studies look at?
Siblings who have been raised in different households/environments
Who did a study for adoption studies?
Mednick
What did Mednick look at?
14,427 court convictions of adopted children and the criminal records of both types of parents
