Violent behavior has always been a part of society. There is a multitude of theories that explain possible causes behind this behavior. Although many exist, It all boils down to the nurture side of the dichotomy nature versus nurture. This faction supports that the way someone grows up, or their external environment alters how they develop and therefore, plays a key role in how they behave. Many of these external environment factors occur within the home someone is raised, ranging from physical and mental abuse to financial instability of a family. Although these might not be the only causes of such behavior, it is ultimately a person’s external environment in the home that increases the rate at which a person partakes in violent behavior.
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These subjects were clinically evaluated as adolescents due to violent behavior and later in life were arrested for murder. They were then compared with 24 incarcerated people who did not commit violent offenses. The nine male murderers all displayed signs of early violence. For example, “one burned his bed when he was 4 years old, another threatened a teacher with a razor at age 10, and another choked a bird at age 2 and threw …show more content…
Development during your childhood is a vital time in your life where you learn how to treat others and what is acceptable. Depending on how you 're treated as a child and where you are raised it can heavily influence someone into engaging in violent behavior. This can be being abused as a child whether it 's mentally or physically. Even witnessing abuse or substance abuse has a detrimental impact on someone development. Not only abuse but living in a poor environment, with not as many aids as wealthier people, get the advantage of possessing causes damage or underdevelopment of the prefrontal cortex. Also, it makes the child more susceptible to contaminants such as lead which alters brain function and tends to correlate with a lower iq. These factors are not the only causes of violent behavior, but being taught and being surrounded by abusive violent people and unhealthy areas have a huge impact on it. Violent behavior takes a huge toll on society, if we begin to understand the root causes as to why it occurs, we can prevent it from
These subjects were clinically evaluated as adolescents due to violent behavior and later in life were arrested for murder. They were then compared with 24 incarcerated people who did not commit violent offenses. The nine male murderers all displayed signs of early violence. For example, “one burned his bed when he was 4 years old, another threatened a teacher with a razor at age 10, and another choked a bird at age 2 and threw …show more content…
Development during your childhood is a vital time in your life where you learn how to treat others and what is acceptable. Depending on how you 're treated as a child and where you are raised it can heavily influence someone into engaging in violent behavior. This can be being abused as a child whether it 's mentally or physically. Even witnessing abuse or substance abuse has a detrimental impact on someone development. Not only abuse but living in a poor environment, with not as many aids as wealthier people, get the advantage of possessing causes damage or underdevelopment of the prefrontal cortex. Also, it makes the child more susceptible to contaminants such as lead which alters brain function and tends to correlate with a lower iq. These factors are not the only causes of violent behavior, but being taught and being surrounded by abusive violent people and unhealthy areas have a huge impact on it. Violent behavior takes a huge toll on society, if we begin to understand the root causes as to why it occurs, we can prevent it from