Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

Week 10 Worksheet

1. Gina Lombroso-Ferrero (who represents the Modern or Positive school) gives credit to Beccaria but points out that she believes in something quite different. According to her, what mistake(s) does Beccaria (and other Classical thinkers) make about the understanding of the criminal?

2. Looking at Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives, do you think he believes the Lombroso-Ferrero and others in the Modern or Positive school? Why or why not?

3. How did tenements foster crime, according to Riis? Give

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examples.

4. In Chapter 15 (XV), which is pg. 201 in the electronic version, Riis tells the plight of children. Why does Riis place so much emphasis on the children in tenements and poverty? How does his belief reflect his ideas of crime and criminals?

5. Look at the photographs in Riis’s book. While some were staged by Riis, what do these photos have in common? Why were they so powerful in changing people’s minds about crime and poverty.