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Unit 2 3.2
Strengths and limitations Set 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Bowlby say? | That maternal deprivation in early childhood can lead to emotional difficulties and an increased risk of criminal behaviour. |
| What did Lombroso say? | That criminals are physically different from non‑criminals and can be identified by atavistic features. |
| What did Eysenck say? | That personality types (extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism) influence the likelihood of criminal behaviour. |
| What did Sheldon say? | That body type (somatotype) is linked to criminality, with mesomorphs most likely to offend. |
| What does “evaluation” mean in criminology? | Weighing up the strengths, limitations, evidence, and criticisms of a theory |
| Name a strength of Lombroso’s theory. | He was the first to study crime scientifically using objective measurements. |
| How did Lombroso influence criminological research? | He highlighted the value of clinical and historical records in studying offenders |
| What practical benefit does his theory offer? | It encourages preventing crime rather than simply punishing offenders |
| Why is Lombroso criticised regarding evidence? | Later research found no link between facial features and criminality. |
| What important scientific step did Lombroso fail to take? | He did not use a non‑criminal control group. |
| Why is his theory considered racist? | He described criminals as “primitive savages,” linking non‑Western characteristics with criminality. |
| Why is psychodynamic theory difficult to prove? | It relies on concepts like the unconscious mind that cannot be scientifically verified |
| What is a practical limitation of psychodynamic therapy? | Treatments based on the theory have not been successful and are time‑consuming. |
| What contribution has psychodynamic theory made? | It highlighted the importance of childhood experiences and parent‑child relationships. |
| What is a limitation of Marxism in explaining crime? | It ignores individual motives and other inequalities like gender. |
| What is a limitation of labelling theory? | It does not explain why deviance occurs in the first place. |
| Why is interactionism criticised? | It can be deterministic and may ignore crime victims. |
| What is a strength of social structure theory? | It shows how inequality and power differences can lead to crime. |
| What is a limitation of social structure theory? | Not all working‑class individuals commit crime. |
| What does strain theory explain well? | Why working‑class crime rates may be higher due to blocked opportunities. |
| What is a limitation of strain theory? | It is deterministic — not everyone experiencing strain turns to crime. |
| What is a limitation of Sheldon’s somatotype theory? | Body shape changes over time, so somatotype isn’t fixed. |
| What study supported Sheldon’s findings? | Glueck & Glueck found 60% of delinquents were mesomorphs. |
| What did Jacobs et al. find about XYY males? | A higher number of XYY males were found in prisons |
| What did Theilgaard conclude? | XYY males were not more aggressive than XY males. |
| How do twin studies support genetic explanations? | MZ twins show higher concordance rates for criminality than DZ twins (e.g., Christiansen). |
| What is a limitation of early twin studies? | Many did not use DNA to confirm zygosity, reducing validity. |
| Why are adoption studies useful? | They help separate genetic and environmental influences |
| What is a limitation of adoption studies? | Adoption is not always random — children may be placed in similar families. |
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