Chapter : The Positive School
Learning Objectives
Write a Three-Page Review (300-400 words). Your review may include all aspects of the learning objectives or some partial selected areas of the learning objectives below.
1: Describe the development of biological theories of crime.
2: Discuss the work of Cesare Lombroso and what he contributed to criminology.
3: Explain what is meant by atavism and whether it is a still a relevant concept to the study of crime.
4: Compare and contrast the major principles of the classical and positivist school.
5: Summarize some of the topics in criminology studied by psychologists.