a formative positivist way of thinking about criminology correlated with the many theories posed by Italian criminology expert Cesare Lombrosos, one such theory that delivered a concept the criminal kind, upon the assumption that criminal people possessed specific tangible traits that separated them from those not affiliated with crime.
CRIMINAL ANTHROPOLOGY: “Criminal anthropology is rooted in a belief that certain people are born with traits that make them more likely to engage in criminal behavior- other theorists believe environment and conscious choices have more to do with such.”