Topic > Socioemotional Development - 620

An in-depth look at what drives people to turn to crime and the psychological profile of a criminalWhat drives people to turn to crime? How can something like this be reversed or rehabilitated? Some argue that people commit crimes like shoplifting out of fear, especially if it prevents hunger. However, the same type of crime also attracts the attention of gangs who steal everything they are told to steal and cost stores millions and millions of dollars every year. Both of the above-mentioned things constitute the same crime, yet they are committed for different reasons. If caught, should they be treated the same because they committed the same crime? According to Historylearningsite.co.uk, “The oldest known explanatory model of behavior is that of demonology. Criminal behavior was thought to be the result of a possessed mind and/or body and that the only way to exorcise evil was usually through means of torture. The key was to focus on the individual rather than their environment or any social force.” This raises further debate. And what about crimes?...