The brain is considered the biological basis for criminal behaviour. One does not genetically desire to be a criminal and commit crime. Criminal behaviour may be controlled by various factors. Neurotransmitters are a biological feature apart of contemporary biological explanations. Neurotransmitters are in the brain and tell us when to feel or act (Cartwright, 2016) that contrast earlier criminologists Lombroso and Sheldon’s theories, which surrounded physical features only. Eley, Lichtenstein, and Stevenson (1999) are three researchers who suggest that genetic predisposition is related to brain chemistry—the various neurotransmitters, serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine (Anderson, 2014). Each neurotransmitter controls a different emotion,
