Staggering amounts of studies and research into relationship between criminality and genes have been conducted. The outcome of these can firmly suggest that there is a biological drive that charges people into committing violent crime especially in men aged 20-30. However, the question today lies whether it’s the biological predisposition or the social. According to (Powledge, 2014) it answers the question to why genetic predispositions lead to dreadful social consequences. This could mean that your bad genes that trigger this aggressive response leading you to commit violent crime. A gene responsible for the construction of bad behavior is known as the “Warrior Gene”. Research by (Powledge, 2014) shows that it comprises variations in the
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Furthermore, genetic structure plays a significant factor and demonstrates that there is a biological explanation in relation to crime and why it has and is being committed. The abnormalities that have been identified in (Burke, 2001) say that people usually have 23 pairs of chromosomes, 46 in total. Normal chromosomes for female are XX and for male its XY, however in some cases if men have an extra Y chromosome it is said to make them more aggressive and increase their manliness. It was found out by Price and Whatmore (1967) that subjects with an extra Y chromosome tended to be convicted at an earlier age than other offenders. So that could be one factor from the biological side that leads to violent crime. Furthermore, genes aren’t the only biological theory of crime, you can also take into account the brains abnormality. (Bear, 2004) The cerebral cortex is the main portion of the brain that is studied, it is divided into two hemispheres and four lobes; frontal; parietal; temporal and occipital. So the the frontal and temporal lobe deal with goal directed behavior impulses and emotions when studying aggression and violence. MRI scans have shown that dysfunction with the prefrontal cortex and a reduced prefrontal grey matter has been associated with psychopathic
Furthermore, genetic structure plays a significant factor and demonstrates that there is a biological explanation in relation to crime and why it has and is being committed. The abnormalities that have been identified in (Burke, 2001) say that people usually have 23 pairs of chromosomes, 46 in total. Normal chromosomes for female are XX and for male its XY, however in some cases if men have an extra Y chromosome it is said to make them more aggressive and increase their manliness. It was found out by Price and Whatmore (1967) that subjects with an extra Y chromosome tended to be convicted at an earlier age than other offenders. So that could be one factor from the biological side that leads to violent crime. Furthermore, genes aren’t the only biological theory of crime, you can also take into account the brains abnormality. (Bear, 2004) The cerebral cortex is the main portion of the brain that is studied, it is divided into two hemispheres and four lobes; frontal; parietal; temporal and occipital. So the the frontal and temporal lobe deal with goal directed behavior impulses and emotions when studying aggression and violence. MRI scans have shown that dysfunction with the prefrontal cortex and a reduced prefrontal grey matter has been associated with psychopathic