Biological Causes Of Crime

Every criminal’s reasons for committing a crime may vary considerably, which is no mystery given all of the different reasons that have been amassed over the years of study; Biological, Sociological, Psychological; each of these main categories of study have a plethora of reasons for why a person is inclined to criminal behavior, knowing this, it is understandable that there is still much debate on the subject at hand. The purpose of this research paper is to enlighten people about all of the different reasons that criminals commit crimes, and through that hopefully it will shed some light on why scholars have difficulty agreeing about the causes of crime. No matter what the cause of one crime is, another crime might be totally different, …show more content…
A neurotransmitter is a messenger of neurologic information from one cell to another.”(“Neurotransmitter.” MedicineNet. Web) So clearly if a neurotransmitter were to malfunction there would be a possibility of a major problem or incident, and depending upon the type of malfunction it could lead to criminal behavior. Another Biological reason for criminal behavior is trauma. If the criminal experienced any form of trauma as a child or an adult-whether the trauma was physical or emotional-it could have caused them to perform the criminal act. Yet another of the many Biological reasons for criminal activity is genetics, apparently a criminal’s parents only mistake with their child was having him. According to criminalpsychology.com criminal behavior may be genetic in nature, if a person’s parents were criminals then they are more likely to become criminals themselves.(“Criminal Behavior.” Criminal Psychology) One major instance where genetics and heredity play into criminal behavior is in cases of mental illness that can be passed down from parent …show more content…
The word anarchy comes to mind, but there is a very distinct line between the two words for there to be anarchy there must be no ruling faction, but anomie is a state between having a ruler and not where you are unsure why you should be following the rules of a declining society. Neutralization theory is an interesting theory that describes how people justify their actions before they even do anything. Neutralization theory has five major justifications, those being: I had to or I had no other options, nobody was hurt by my actions, they deserved what they got or are about to get, put down those who put others down, and those who are too loyal. If a group of people go out and rob a store together but only one of them came up with the idea and the others just went along with it then they would fall under the first category where they would say that the it wasn’t their faults, they were just following the person who came up with the idea. If a fourteen year old steals a car to take it for a test drive because they thought that it would be fun then they would normally fall under the second category where they thought that nobody would get hurt