Chapter Summary<\/summary>\nThis chapter explores the emergence of criminal anthropology in the late nineteenth century and its legacy in the psychological sciences. Focusing on the work of Cesare Lombroso and his critics, including Frances Kellor and Charles Goring, the chapter examines how scientific claims about criminality were constructed through a combination of biological, social, and moral assumptions. Lombroso\u2019s theory of the \u2018born criminal\u2019 treated criminality as a biologically fixed and measurable condition, while Kellor\u2019s feminist and sociological critique argued for understanding criminality as something shaped by environment, society, and cultural forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using the critical thinking tool of natural kinds and human kinds, students are encouraged to question how knowledge in psychology is produced and how classification systems both reflect and reinforce structures of power. Through historical case studies, theoretical contrasts, and contemporary relevance, this chapter deploys the conceptual tools to critically assess the history of criminological thought, and to reflect on the ethical and political implications of categorising people in psychological science.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
Chapter 3 – Quiz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n