Criminology Chapter 3 STUDY GUIDE – Flashcards
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Darwin's ____________ provided the next generation of criminologists with the tools they needed to challenge classical criminology
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origin of species
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What is Physiognomy?
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is the study of facial features and their relation to human behavior.
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What is Phrenology?
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says that bumps on the head were indications of psychological propensities.
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Lombroso's ____________ replaced the concept of free will with the concept of determinism
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The Criminal Man
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Cesare Lombroso argued that the _____________ was distinguishable by atavistic stigmata
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"Born Criminal"
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According to ___________ , an individual born with any _________________________________________is a born criminal.
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1. Lombroso 2. 5 Various atavistic stigmata
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The major challenge to Lombrosian theory came from the work of __________________.
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Charles Goring
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The somatotypes school of criminology differentiated three principle types of physiques, which are the 3 physiques?
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The 3 physiques are; the asthenic, the athletic, and the pyknic.
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____________________ brought the somatotype school to the United States. The three types Sheldon formulated are , ____________, __________________, and _________________.
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1. William Sheldon 2. Ectomorph, endomorph, and mesomorph
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According to Sheldon ______________ one of the somatotypes is most likely to be involved in illegal behavior
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mesomorph
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__________is acknowledged as America's first forensic psychiatrist.
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Isaac Ray
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_______________ described the concept of moral insanity.
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Henry Maudsley
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Among the first scholars to disclaim the free will doctrine of the classical school of thought were ____________________ and ______________________.
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Adolphe Quetelet and Michel Guerry.
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One of the earliest sociological theories of criminal behavior was formulated by ____________________.
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Gabriel Tarde
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The most important of Durkheim's numerous contributions to contemporary sociology is his concept of _________.
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anomie
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The ___________ school of criminology is based on the assumption that individuals choose to commit crimes after weighing the consequences of their actions.
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Classical
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___________________________'s work was not governed by utilitarian principles.
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Cesare Beccaria
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Bentham proposed the "___________________" to explain how people decide whether to commit a crime or not.
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"felicific calculus"
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The science of __________________ posited that bumps on the head were indications of psychological propensities.
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Phrenology
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