Discussion Two
1.While on the bus, you overhear a conversation in which one person is lamenting how much more delinquent juvenile are today than they were 30 years ago. What would you say to this person? Try to think yourself to be giving some professional (educated) responses.
2.You are interested in finding out whether living on the East or West Coast has an impact on gender differences in delinquency. Which type of data might best answer this question? Why?
3.Evaluate the process of confining juveniles in detention/correctional facilities using the theories in this chapter. Would any of these theories advocate for detention facilities as a preventative measure for delinquency? Explain why or why not.
THEORIST Cesare Beccaria CONCEPT OF DETERRENCE. Cesare Lombroso was an Italian criminologist, phrenologist, physician, and founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology. Lombroso rejected the established classical school, which held that crime was a characteristic trait of human nature.
OverviewEarly life and educationCareerPersonal life and final yearsConcept of criminal atavismLegacyPsychiatric art
Instead, using concepts drawn from physiognomy, degeneration theory, psychiatry, and Social Darwinism, Lombroso’s theory of anthropological criminology essentially stated that criminality was inherited, and that someone “born criminal” could be identified by physical (congenital) defects, which confirmed a criminal as savage or atavistic.
Sigmund Freud (1856 to 1939) was the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating mental illness and also a theory which explains human behavior. Freud believed that events in our childhood have a great influence on our adult lives, shaping our personality. THE THEORIST ARE LISTED IN THE CHAPTER 4 POWERPOINT
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