One of the problems in modern society is the ongoing criminal activities, with conflicting views on which one is to blame between sociological instability and the personality traits of the person who commits the crime. One opinion claims that some people are born with a set of psychological characteristics that display the tendency toward criminality.
Advocates of this believe that individuals with antisocial, psychopathic, or narcissistic personality may have the reasoning part of brains responsible for self-control impaired. They may also engage in criminal thrill-seeking behaviours to compensate for low levels of arousal. Besides, hormones related to aggression and violence, such as testosterone and dopamine, have been cited by researchers as biological factors that drive someone to commit a crime.
However, there are aspects which have not been considered. If a person grows up in a dysfunctional family where there are neglected, abuse, and misbehaviour, especially with the father figure, he may learn inappropriate responses to situations, leading to offensive behaviour. On top of that, the number of crimes committed out of necessity still remains high
From a personal perspective, social and environmental factors are the ones we need to pay more attention to as they are resolvable. Living in a community with poor housing and low health, as well as socioeconomic disadvantage, citizens are predisposed to social structure pressure. Those pressures either make the citizens feel tempted to run illegal get-rich-quick schemes or influence them to seek substances like alcohol and lose self-control under the effect of such substances.
In conclusion, crimes are committed under a combination of the nature of the criminal himself and the context that he was in. By addressing the current social inequality, the important catalyst, the rate of crime should significantly go down.
One of the problems in modern society is the ongoing criminal activities, with conflicting views on which one is to blame between sociological instability and the personality traits of the person who commits the
crime
. One opinion claims that
some
people
are born
with a set of psychological characteristics that display the tendency toward criminality.
Advocates of this
believe
that individuals with antisocial, psychopathic, or narcissistic personality may have the reasoning part of brains responsible for self-control impaired. They may
also
engage in criminal thrill-seeking
behaviours
to compensate for low levels of arousal.
Besides
, hormones related to aggression and violence, such as testosterone and dopamine, have
been cited
by researchers as biological factors that drive someone to commit a crime.
However
, there are aspects which have not
been considered
. If a person grows up in a dysfunctional family where there
are neglected
, abuse, and
misbehaviour
,
especially
with the father figure, he may learn inappropriate responses to situations, leading to offensive
behaviour
.
On top of that
, the number of
crimes
committed out of necessity
still
remains
high
From a personal perspective, social and environmental factors are the ones we need to pay more attention to as they are resolvable. Living in a community with poor housing and low health,
as well
as socioeconomic disadvantage, citizens
are predisposed
to social structure pressure. Those pressures either
make
the citizens feel tempted to run illegal
get
-rich-quick schemes or influence them to seek substances like alcohol and lose self-control under the effect of such substances.
In conclusion
,
crimes
are committed
under a combination of the nature of the criminal himself and the context that he was in. By addressing the
current
social inequality, the
important
catalyst, the rate of
crime
should
significantly
go down.