Lombrosso-1870-Atavism

Lower in evolutionary scale-lash out-cant cope with pressures

"Savages" "Throwbacks"

List 3 features- Large ears, high cheekbones, extra finger

Specific criminal- Murderers, curly hair and bloodshot eyes

He measures faces of 383 dead and 3839 alive- 40% correlation

Slang, tattoos and unemployment

Book- criminal man

University of China- photos of 1856 criminals into AI

1/2 of these were criminal

83% correct :)

6% wrongly accused of being criminal :(

One strength is the large sample size of 383 dead and 3839 alive, this is good because we can generalise with all of society.

The supporting studies, such as the University of China, are a strength because it backs up the theory as evidence.

Its backed up by evolution, so it had scientific backing.

Its very scientific for the time, has depth and detail.

Its also backed up by Manchester's top 10 criminals

Only a 40% correlation which is bad because it is less than half and doesn't prove the theory.

It leads to stereotyping which creates fear and leads to people being treated differently based on the way they look.

Gender bias- its only done on men so doesn't account for women.

Appearance isn't fixed, you can change how you look

Some people have criminal features but are not criminal e.g. Wayne Rooney

What is Lombrossos theory?

Give me 5 strengths and weaknesses!

How many faces did he measure?

What was his book called?

What are 3 atavistic features?