What characteristics distinguish the Positive School from Classical School of criminology? Which of these schools do you lean toward in your own perspective of crime and why?
Which portion of Lombroso’s Theory of criminality do you find least valid? Which do you find most valid?
Explain the rationale of studies that examine the biological and adoptive parents of adopted children. What do most of these studies show regarding the influence of genetics on criminal behavior? What are the criticisms of these studies?