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craiczarry

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on: Aug 17, 2018
The Chicago School purported that behavior is primarily shaped by:
 
  a. Social factors.
  b. Psychological factors.
  c. Genetic factors.
  d. All of the above.

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What is meant by the concept of atavism?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Aug 17, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: key points to be made
Introduced by Lombroso in Crime: Its Causes and Remedies
Tied to evolution and notion of degenerative traits
Based on Lombrosos careful study of criminals, soldiers, insane and general population
multiple physical and mental abnormalities viewed as throwback, subhuman
Insensitivity to pain, low cranial capacity, receding forehead, agility, large ears
primitive, un-evolved set of features and behaviors seen as inferior
born criminal: lack of moral sensibilities, absence of remorse allows one to commit crime
slang and tattoos at that time seemed to characterize the atavist
concepts like this used by eugenics


craiczarry

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Reply 2 on: Aug 17, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Excellent

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