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How many scantily clothed men did Sheldon examine for his research?
4,000
Which somatotype did Sheldon conclude was more likely to be criminal?
Mesomorphic
What year was Sheldon's theory?
1949
Who is the main case study for brain abnormality being the cause of criminality?
Phineas Gage
What did Lombroso believe causes criminality?
Criminals are a different species to humans
Who is know as the 'Father of Modern Criminology'?
Lombroso
Give 5 atavistic features
large jaw, forward projection of jaw, high cheek bones, flattened nose, upturned nose, slopping forehead, long arms, large ears
Define the term atavistic?
relating to something ancient or ancestral
are twin studies and adopton studies the same thing?
No adoption studies only looks at single children not twins
Whose study showed no relationship between the criminality of adoptive parents and adoptive children but a did find a high correlation between the number of criminal convictions of the biological parents and their offspring?
Mednick et al
How many twin pairs did Chrstiansen use in his 1977 twin studies?
3,586
What is monozygotic twins?
Identical twins
Which americian serial killer who killed at least 33 men in the USA was a super male?
John Wayne Gacy
What is the term given by Jacobs to men with XYY?
Super males
What does the XXY theory think causes criminality?
An extra Y chromosome
what is the chromosomes pattern for men?
XY
Who created the genetic XXY theory of criminality?
Jacobs
Name two physiological theories of criminality
Lombroso and Sheldon
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