Mainly all of the conventional and traditional explanations of violence aim to account for the regularity of the various forms of isolated and self-contained violent incidents in such singular units, such as gender, class and ethnicity, which in turn they all relate to differences in biology, psychology, sociology, and culture. ... There are two social situations that are closely related to structural violence, which are poverty and income equality, and according to some studies carried out in America it has been found that on average, close to three hundred thousand deaths per year in Ame...

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For example, one of these new methods of criminology is called Forensic Entomology; the application of insect and other arthropod biology to criminal matters (PRINCETON). ... Urban entomology is the study of insects and mites that affect people and their property (OREGON). ... With the study of these bugs that infest stored products, entomologists are able to help regulate the bug infestations as well as help manufacturers and homeowners prevent their establishments and/or products from being infested. ... According to Ciencie Forensics, the most current directory of forensic entomologists lis...

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It provides both the juvenile and the guardian with a video and workbook to act as secondary study material. ... Studies show that this program is successful with 500 fewer teens arrested last year than in 2008. ... The Bio-Social theory examines the combined effects of biology, behavior and the environment on criminal behavior (Lily 2014) and the scared straight program works with the environment to scare its participants out of the crime lifestyle and hopefully pushes them into a straight pathway. ... Mark Lipsey, of the Vanderbilt Institute for public policy studies, concurred with past re...

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The online magazine Action Alert, reported the following, "In recent years, numerous studies have found that one in seven persons on death row are later proven innocent. ... Some of those released from death row were as a result of some of the newly developed technology in the field of Biology. ... William Bowers in his study also found that "blacks that had been sentenced to death [ ] were more likely to be executed without an appeal than whites, particularly in the South"(18). ...

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Phrenology is a study based on the outmoded idea that a persons mental faculties are indicated by the shape of his or her skull. ... Positivist criminology is not simply about biology or Darwinism; Lombroso only placed his emphasis on this because he was trained in medicine. ... After extensive statistical tests were performed on the data that had been collecte4d over the twelve-year period during the study, Hooten thought he discovered that the cause of criminal behavior or deviant behavior was due to the physical inferiority of the criminal compared to the non-criminal. ... The results of Ho...

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Scientists representing the fields of psychology, sociology, and biology have attempted to explain the etiology of delinquent and criminal behavior. ... Though numerous research studies failed to find conclusive proof that males with an extra Y chromosome were disproportionately violent and criminal, interest brought about by the Speck case boosted research on the genetic influences of delinquency (Siegel & Senna, 1991, p.96). ... Of particular importance to the study of delinquency is the allegation that there is an inverse relationship between IQ and youthful law violence (Healy & Bonner...

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Cesare Lombroso was the first writer to link crime to human biology. ... None of these theories has been able to convincingly demonstrate that there is a casual relationship between biology and crime. ...

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The perpetrator was likely a student based on additional facts found about the crime that some skeletal remains were found in the biology lab which typically students or staff have access to. ... In a study done in the U.S by S. ...

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It has been established through research and various studies that genetics do influence criminal or antisocial behavior. ... The Social Structure theory questions that if biology is able to explain criminality, then why do crimes majorly occur in poor and underdeveloped neighborhoods? ...

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