Crime and Deviance

Theories of Crime and Deviance

BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
THEORIES OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE

 THE ARGUMENT FROM BIOLOGY

- LOMBROSO 1911 – THERE WAS A BIOLOGICAL BASIS

FOR CRIME
- CRIME IS INFLUENCED BY THE INDIVIDUAL’S
BIOLOGICAL MAKE-UP
BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
THEORIES OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE

 NOW A DISCREDITED VIEW AS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO

DISENTANGLE INHERITED AND ENVIRONMENTAL
INFLUENCES ON PEOPLE
BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
THEORIES OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE

 THE ARGUMENT FROM PSYCHOLOGY

- THIS APPROACH SOUGHT TO ASSOCIATE CRIME WITH

PARTICULAR TYPES OF PERSONALITIES

 AGAIN IT IS NOW A LARGELY DISCREDITED VIEW