Theory of Criminal Man

Theory of Criminal Man

Introduction

It is important that criminology incorporates social context in criminology. This has been a dilemma and most people may agree or disagree. The most famous, Cesare Lombroso, known as the founder of criminology, introduced scientific method for studying crime. He used Dareinian idea of evolution that has an effect on the criminal behavior. Lomoroso believed that criminals were the victim of atavism. However, many opposed his claims of biological reasons of criminality. Later, over the time he came to think that social factors also have a role to play to the criminal behavior. Though, he ...