Discuss Lombroso's early biological explanations of crime and why his views began to lose favor among criminologists?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
• Criminals are less evolved forms of humankind.
• Criminals tended to be throwbacks to a lower form of humans, similar to the apelike ancestors than to noncriminals and referred to them as atavistic.
• Argued that these less-evolved humans' likely displayed a physical characteristic that was common and pronounced among apes but not among "evolved people"
• Argued atavistic people were criminals because of their less-evolved nature
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The United States has the highest imprisonment rate in the world
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following is not one of the alternative positions provided by Roberts (2014) in summary of the arguments for public involvement in sentencing?
a. Allow the prosecutor to discuss sentencing options with the public. b. allowing public views to determine sentencing policy and practice c. permit some public input into sentencing but keep control of policy within a professional system relying on judges d. to not permit any public participation in sentencing decisions
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A. White B. African American C. Asian American D. Latina/Hispanic