Exam 3: Schools of Thought Throughout History

Gabriel Tarde formulated his theory of criminal behavior in terms of _____, principles that governed the process by which people became criminals.

Classical criminologists argued that society can control behavior by making the pain of punishment greater than the pleasure of the criminal gains.

One of the earliest sociological theories of criminal behavior was formulated by

Who wrote On Crimes and Punishment?

Physiognomy is the study of ___________ and their relation to human behavior.

Discuss the principles of classical criminology, making reference to the works of both Cesare Beccaria and Jeremy Bentham.

The theory of the born criminal by Cesare Lombroso defines atavistic stigmata as

Whose work was governed by utilitarian principles?

The somatotype school of criminology differentiated three principle types of physiques. Which of the following is not one of those types?

The most important of Emile Durkheim's numerous contributions to contemporary sociology is his concept of

Who is known as the "father of modern criminology"?

The science of controlled reproduction to improve hereditary qualities is called

The classical school of criminology is based on the assumption that

Who first described the concept of moral insanity?

____________ posited that bumps on the head were indications of psychological propensities.

Jeremy Bentham proposed the "felicific calculus"to explain how people decide whether to commit a crime or not.

What provided the next generation of criminologists with the tools they needed to challenge classical criminology?

Among the first scholars to disclaim the free-will doctrine of the classical school of thought were

Discuss the various forms that biological determinism has taken, from the earliest belief that criminals are born to the discovery of an extra sex chromosome in some criminal samples in the 1960s.

Cesare Lombroso argued that the "born criminal" was distinguishable by