The Mentality Of Young Offenders

There is not a day that a crime is not committed. Many people do not see crime actively occurring but it is important to know that it is happening all around the world and every day. As a society we always find ourselves asking why would someone why would someone ruin their life for this and that when we hear about a crime someone committed. Looking from the outside, we often do not understand why offenders break the law. When we look inside prisons we see a range of offenders from old to young. Many offenders have committed their crimes when they were young and have been in prison for most of their life. That is why it crucial to know that the mentality of a young criminal is very difficult to understand because when someone was 17 is not the same when they were 30.
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Many young offenders believe they will die young or will not live to a certain age, better known as fatalistic attitudes. This mentality causes these young people to be more likely to commit crimes and increases their chances of engaging in risky behavior. There are many reasons as to why these offenders think this way. For one, they do not want a “real” job. Many young people start working in their teens but when you are a young person with fatalistic attitudes legitimate employment is out of the question. For young offenders. having actual employment can cause many challenges for them. Committing crimes like robbing and carjacking is a job for them because they do it almost every day and is an all-day task as well. An offender can steal jewelry from a home invasion and then go pawn it or sell it to someone. The goal for them is to get