Low Self-Control Is The Cause Of Crimes And Delinquency

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According to this criminological research, low-self-control is the cause of crimes and delinquency. Most studies find related concepts between low self-control and antisocial behaviors, whereas this article focus mainly in low self-control. Criminologists believe low self-control is caused by parenting skills, peers, bad health, finical issues, or school and neighborhood environments. An individual with a low self-control is impelled to be careless, coldhearted, unwary, and quiet will most likely have criminal acts. Most of these aggressive behaviors are caused by parenting skills, they emphasize on child's behavior. Moreover, researchers discovered that self-control is heritable and during pregnancy if mother is opened to birth complications.

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