PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Lombroso argued that criminals could be identified through general characteristics they shared with one another, which he designated as composing a criminal type. His core idea was atavism, which means that he understood criminals to be evolutionary throwbacks who were inferior to non criminals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lombroso stated that the “Born Criminal” could be anatomically identified by such items as a sloping forehead, ears of unusual size, asymmetry of the face, excessive length of arms, asymmetry of the cranium, dark skin and other “physical stigmata”.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lombroso also maintained that criminals had less sensitivity to pain and touch; more acute sight; a lack of moral sense, including an absence of remorse; more vanity, impulsiveness, vindictiveness, and cruelty; and other manifestations, such as a special criminal argot and the excessive use of tattooing.

Detailed explanation-4: -The nurture argument suggests that factors in society and the environment people grow up in, such as poverty, family, peer pressure, use of alcohol/drugs etc, will make some people more likely to commit crime.