TY - JOUR
T1 - Lombroso's legacy
T2 - The miseducation of criminologists
AU - Wright, John P.
AU - Beaver, Kevin M.
AU - DeLisi, Matt
AU - Vaughn, Michael G.
AU - Boisvert, Danielle
AU - Vaske, Jamie
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This study examines the extent to which criminal justice and criminology Ph.D. students are exposed to contemporary biological and genetic findings associated with aggression and violence. Drawing on multiple sources of information, we find little evidence showing that Ph.D. students are exposed to any biological research on crime and offending. We examine the consequences for this "trained incompetence" and offer suggestions for remedying this deficiency. If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. (John Stuart Mill).
AB - This study examines the extent to which criminal justice and criminology Ph.D. students are exposed to contemporary biological and genetic findings associated with aggression and violence. Drawing on multiple sources of information, we find little evidence showing that Ph.D. students are exposed to any biological research on crime and offending. We examine the consequences for this "trained incompetence" and offer suggestions for remedying this deficiency. If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. (John Stuart Mill).
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U2 - 10.1080/10511250802476137
DO - 10.1080/10511250802476137
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:56349138228
SN - 1051-1253
VL - 19
SP - 325
EP - 338
JO - Journal of Criminal Justice Education
JF - Journal of Criminal Justice Education
IS - 3
ER -
