[alfus21]

That's a good paper, especially for High School. I' d give it an A for sure in high school. Maybe even a C+ here at UK depending on what the question was. It could use a stronger thesis to start out, but the intro. was very good and grabbed my attention right away.

I love the reference to Lombroso. I've studied his Atavism theory in detail quite a bit recently. Then with Franz Gall maybe you could mention that in his Phrenology there were three regions of the brain. Intellectual, Moral, and Lower. He believed the lower type was associated with criminal behavior and would be the largest in criminals.

The adoption theory is interesting too because there have actually been studies done on that. A study of 4,000 Danish males found criminal conviction rates of 24.5 % among those with natural parents who had been convicted of a crime compared to 14.7 % with natural parents who had never been convicted.

The rest of the paper seems pretty in tact as well. There's a ton of theories out there about crime, but it would take up to a 20 page paper to do that. That will be a good portfolio piece for sure..Great job..