Lombroso's Biological Theory of Crime: The most striking example of biological determinism is the theory of Cesare Lombroso. Lombroso based his theory on the assumption that criminals exhibit certain physiognomic characteristics or abnormalities. Lombroso wanted to be able to detect future criminals in order to isolate them from society. This gave criminology a strong impetus to create new methods of dealing with criminals and preventing crimes. Lombroso suggested that the prisoners had common facial characteristics. If exaggerated, criminals in Lombroso's theory can be identified by the shape of their skull, asymmetry of the face and head, cheekbones, wide ears and lips, long arms and crooked noses. . Lombroso's theory is the oldest and can undoubtedly be considered the main basic data for the entire process of development of criminology. Lombroso said men are more likely to commit crimes because of their conservatism and narrow-minded interests. According to Lombroso, women have fewer social contacts and this is what predetermines their conservatism. Thi...