List and explain Lombroso’s criminal types. Provide an example of each to support your answer.

What will be an ideal response?


(1) born criminals or people with atavistic characteristics; (2) insane criminals including idiots, imbeciles, and paranoiacs as well as epileptics and alcoholics; (3) occasional criminals or criminaloids, whose crimes are explained primarily by opportunity, although they too have innate traits that predispose them to criminality; and (4) criminals of passion, who commit crimes because of anger, love, or honor and are characterized by being propelled to crime by an “irresistible force.”

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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a. aggravated battery b. assault c. completed battery d. battery

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