St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Crime films have many different reasons and causes for crimes and they all touch on differ on a few basic concepts: environmental, psycho-pathological, rational choice, and biological reasons. Each of these causes for crime has vastly different methods of reasoning. When it comes to the film the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre there are many characters that fit these different causes and explanations of crimes.
Many people find themselves involved in criminal behavior because of environmental causes Frank Gusenberg is no different. Frank is the younger brother of Peter Gusenberg who has his own lengthy and violent criminal history. With his older brother involved so heavily in crime and violence, and their mother dead, it is easy to see why Frank would follow in his brother’s footsteps. Frank racked up his own extensive list of criminal behavior, burglary, car theft, and extortion, not to mention he was a professional gunman (Browne, 1967). His past history and his brother’s influence are all environmental causes of his criminal behavior. …show more content…
Jack McGurn would be a great example for a psycho-pathological criminal in this film. When learning about McGurn’s history the viewer discovers that Jack’s father was murdered while he was young, and he actively sought out each and every man that was involved in his murder and killed them himself (Browne, 1967). It sounds as if Jack McGurn suffered a psychotic break at a young age when his father was murdered and this led him to a life of crime after he hunted and killed 20
Crime films have many different reasons and causes for crimes and they all touch on differ on a few basic concepts: environmental, psycho-pathological, rational choice, and biological reasons. Each of these causes for crime has vastly different methods of reasoning. When it comes to the film the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre there are many characters that fit these different causes and explanations of crimes.
Many people find themselves involved in criminal behavior because of environmental causes Frank Gusenberg is no different. Frank is the younger brother of Peter Gusenberg who has his own lengthy and violent criminal history. With his older brother involved so heavily in crime and violence, and their mother dead, it is easy to see why Frank would follow in his brother’s footsteps. Frank racked up his own extensive list of criminal behavior, burglary, car theft, and extortion, not to mention he was a professional gunman (Browne, 1967). His past history and his brother’s influence are all environmental causes of his criminal behavior. …show more content…
Jack McGurn would be a great example for a psycho-pathological criminal in this film. When learning about McGurn’s history the viewer discovers that Jack’s father was murdered while he was young, and he actively sought out each and every man that was involved in his murder and killed them himself (Browne, 1967). It sounds as if Jack McGurn suffered a psychotic break at a young age when his father was murdered and this led him to a life of crime after he hunted and killed 20