Basic Idea and Major Theorists Have you ever wondered what causes people to commit crimes/become criminals? According to my theory, the psychological theory, the reason people commit crime is because of situations they have encountered in the past. These situations can be from their childhood to their teenage years, or even after that. The situations can be anywhere from humiliation, or feeling unwanted by their families. The situations have serious effects on these individuals and causes them to commit crimes and the people they target can be complete strangers who have nothing to do with the situation. The basic idea of “The Application of Learning Theory to Serial Murder” by Robert L. Hale is to provide information on what causes people
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The theory states that crime occurs within these individuals due to side effects of mental illness or disorders. The criminals involved in these offences are usually experiencing some sort of psychotic or neurotic behaviour. The offenders mentioned in the article usually were suffering through mental illness and also facing troubles from their past which caused them to commit the crimes they did. On the other hand, the classical theory states that there are 3 different categories of crime: 1) against the state, 2) against property of individuals, 3) against peace. The theory also states that crime is chosen after having a cost-benefit analysis and if there were no victims there would be no crime. The criminals according to the classical theory posses the same attributes as normal individuals. However, the rational theory states that criminals are offenders who commit crime after determining that the pay out is bigger compared to a day to day job. The criminals sometimes also believe that they don’t have a choice except to commit the crime. The image of the criminal in the article is an individual who has faced some sort of humiliation or have felt unwanted by their family which led them to become serial …show more content…
The authors theories were effective because he used the theory and explained how the serial killers faced events in the past which led them to commit crimes in the future. I believe the 2 criticisms that criticize my theory which is the psychological theory using ration theory are law not taking into account what cause the offender to commit the crime in the first place and what can be done to prevent the crime and help the offender deal with issues he has been
The theory states that crime occurs within these individuals due to side effects of mental illness or disorders. The criminals involved in these offences are usually experiencing some sort of psychotic or neurotic behaviour. The offenders mentioned in the article usually were suffering through mental illness and also facing troubles from their past which caused them to commit the crimes they did. On the other hand, the classical theory states that there are 3 different categories of crime: 1) against the state, 2) against property of individuals, 3) against peace. The theory also states that crime is chosen after having a cost-benefit analysis and if there were no victims there would be no crime. The criminals according to the classical theory posses the same attributes as normal individuals. However, the rational theory states that criminals are offenders who commit crime after determining that the pay out is bigger compared to a day to day job. The criminals sometimes also believe that they don’t have a choice except to commit the crime. The image of the criminal in the article is an individual who has faced some sort of humiliation or have felt unwanted by their family which led them to become serial …show more content…
The authors theories were effective because he used the theory and explained how the serial killers faced events in the past which led them to commit crimes in the future. I believe the 2 criticisms that criticize my theory which is the psychological theory using ration theory are law not taking into account what cause the offender to commit the crime in the first place and what can be done to prevent the crime and help the offender deal with issues he has been