... a vital role and important work continues to be done by biological researchers. Modern biological research on crime deals with genetics, neurology and physiology. Fundamentally modern biological research in study of crime proposes variation in biological strengths and weaknesses, and that individuals with certain risk factors and vulnerability have more possibility of behaving in antisocial manner to stressful and tense situations (Fishbein 1996). Modern criminology initially began with the positivist approach of an Italian physician Cesare Lombroso. Lombroso explored what he believed was physically distinctive feature of criminal. Lombroso concluded that appearances were the cause and that criminals are likely to have funny ears, a flattened face, fleshy lips, receding jaw and long arms. Appearances are not a good biological explanation in study of crime because no one can help how they appear. Charles Goring contested Lombroso and his explanation of crime causation proving his theory deficient but his ...

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