Lombroso's works were influenced by the studies of Charles Darwin the famous British scientist who was the founding father of the modern evaluation theory. ... With the information gathered from both subjects Lombroso began a study of his own. Lombroso began studying the bodies of renowned criminals unlike the studies conducted by the criminologist who believed in the classical school. ... One group of people he studies he named the atavist. ... Lombroso believed the root cause of the problems that plagued these people were inherited and passed down to them in the human biology. ...

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