WJEC Criminology Unit 2 exam with
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Lombroso's|Theory|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Criminals|are|born|criminal|with|Atavistic|Features|which|
define|if|they|are|criminal|or|not.|Criminals|are|a|primative|species|which|are|not|fully|developed.
Strengths|of|Lombroso's|theory|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Charles|Goring|(1913)|found|that|criminals|
have|low|intelligence|rates|meaning|that|it|is|linked|to|genetics.|
Ceasare|Lombroso|is|the|father|of|modern|criminology|meaning|that|he|has|started|criminology|
which|helped|made|other|people|want|to|study|it.|
A|study|done|by|Bath|Spa|University|found|that|jourers|would|pick|someone|who|looked|'uglier'|
to|be|the|criminal.
Weaknesses|of|Lombroso's|theory|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-He|did|not|use|a|control|group.
Goring|used|a|control|group|and|found|no|correlation|between|atavistic|features|and|criminal|
behaviour.
DeLesi|(2012)|stated|that|the|atavistic|form|theory|is|scientific|racism|as|the|typical|atavistic|
features|are|from|an|African|background.
What|is|Sheldon's|Theory|of|Somatotypes?|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-There|are|three|different|body|
types:|
Mesomorph:|Muscular|and|Hard-|Most|likely|to|be|criminal.
, Endomorph:|Fat|and|Soft
Ectomorph:|Skinny|and|Weak-|Least|likely|to|be|criminal.
Strengths|of|Somatotype|Theory.|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Putwain|and|Sammonds|confirmed|that|
Sheldon's|theory|is|true.|
Gleuek|and|Gleuek|(1956)|found|that|60%|of|delinquents|were|mesomorph|whereas|in|non|
delinquents|31%|were|mesomorphs|meaning|it|backed|up|Sheldon's|theory|of|Somatotypes.
Weaknesses|of|Somatotype|Theory|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Not|everyone|who|is|Mesomorph|is|
criminal.|
Endomorphs|and|Ectomorphs|are|criminals|too.|
People's|body|shapes|change|over|time.
What|is|the|XYY|Theory|?|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-The|XYY|theory|is|where|some|males|have|an|extra|Y|
chromosome|which|makes|them|more|aggressive.|Criminality|is|genetic,|and|these|people|with|
an|abnormality|are|more|likely|to|commit|crime.
Strengths|of|XYY|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Adler|found|that|it|is|possible|that|aggressive|and|violent|
behavior|links|partly|to|genetic|factors.
Jacobs|et|al|found|that|more|men|in|prison|have|xyy|that|in|the|outside|world.|
Theildgard|found|that|XYY|men|are|more|likely|to|be|aggressive.
Weaknesses|of|XYY|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Genetic|abnormalities|widespread|through|the|population|
meaning|that|they|do|not|explain|aggression.|
They|ignore|the|fact|that|crime|could|be|caused|by|other|factors|like|behavioral|ones.|
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correct answers |
Lombroso's|Theory|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Criminals|are|born|criminal|with|Atavistic|Features|which|
define|if|they|are|criminal|or|not.|Criminals|are|a|primative|species|which|are|not|fully|developed.
Strengths|of|Lombroso's|theory|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Charles|Goring|(1913)|found|that|criminals|
have|low|intelligence|rates|meaning|that|it|is|linked|to|genetics.|
Ceasare|Lombroso|is|the|father|of|modern|criminology|meaning|that|he|has|started|criminology|
which|helped|made|other|people|want|to|study|it.|
A|study|done|by|Bath|Spa|University|found|that|jourers|would|pick|someone|who|looked|'uglier'|
to|be|the|criminal.
Weaknesses|of|Lombroso's|theory|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-He|did|not|use|a|control|group.
Goring|used|a|control|group|and|found|no|correlation|between|atavistic|features|and|criminal|
behaviour.
DeLesi|(2012)|stated|that|the|atavistic|form|theory|is|scientific|racism|as|the|typical|atavistic|
features|are|from|an|African|background.
What|is|Sheldon's|Theory|of|Somatotypes?|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-There|are|three|different|body|
types:|
Mesomorph:|Muscular|and|Hard-|Most|likely|to|be|criminal.
, Endomorph:|Fat|and|Soft
Ectomorph:|Skinny|and|Weak-|Least|likely|to|be|criminal.
Strengths|of|Somatotype|Theory.|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Putwain|and|Sammonds|confirmed|that|
Sheldon's|theory|is|true.|
Gleuek|and|Gleuek|(1956)|found|that|60%|of|delinquents|were|mesomorph|whereas|in|non|
delinquents|31%|were|mesomorphs|meaning|it|backed|up|Sheldon's|theory|of|Somatotypes.
Weaknesses|of|Somatotype|Theory|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Not|everyone|who|is|Mesomorph|is|
criminal.|
Endomorphs|and|Ectomorphs|are|criminals|too.|
People's|body|shapes|change|over|time.
What|is|the|XYY|Theory|?|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-The|XYY|theory|is|where|some|males|have|an|extra|Y|
chromosome|which|makes|them|more|aggressive.|Criminality|is|genetic,|and|these|people|with|
an|abnormality|are|more|likely|to|commit|crime.
Strengths|of|XYY|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Adler|found|that|it|is|possible|that|aggressive|and|violent|
behavior|links|partly|to|genetic|factors.
Jacobs|et|al|found|that|more|men|in|prison|have|xyy|that|in|the|outside|world.|
Theildgard|found|that|XYY|men|are|more|likely|to|be|aggressive.
Weaknesses|of|XYY|-|ANSWER✔✔✔-Genetic|abnormalities|widespread|through|the|population|
meaning|that|they|do|not|explain|aggression.|
They|ignore|the|fact|that|crime|could|be|caused|by|other|factors|like|behavioral|ones.|
