Biological and Psychology Theory of Crime

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Sandra Iheuwa CJS 258 Professor Susan Krumholz Summer 2011 June 23 2011 Biological and Psychology theory of crime Crimes have increased throughout history and have occurred due to different circumstances: from psychological crisis to environmental crisis. For an example shortly after the hurricane that happened in Haiti increased crime, because these individuals were looking for means to survive and would do anything to survive. What is crime and how is studying causes of crime beneficial? Studying crime, for example; sociological, biological and psychological theories makes us research to know the reason or motive that drives an individual to commit a crime. Whether it’s the environment being so corrupted or economical reason, that individual needing a means for financial security or maybe its psychological reason, where a person is not conscious of what they are doing. Whatever the reason is, it’s a reason nonetheless and knowing the source of the problem is a good step forward to solving the long term effect, which is a decrease in crimes. Sir Francis Bacon (1600’s) said it best, “Opportunity makes a thief (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2010) After studying the Freudian Approach, you can find the Neo-Freudian Approach. Neo-Freudian reasoning states that the lack of guilt would develop from too many selfish desires for immediate gratification, and that the superego would be overwhelmed most of the time leaving little time for guilt (Aspu.edu, 2009).There are several approaches to the psychoanalysis of criminals and their inner drive to commit crimes. The Freudian Approach is that individuals experience traumatic experiences in early childhood which leaves a mark on the individual despite the fact the individual was unaware of these experiences (Aspu.edu, 2009). One case that can be found when dealing with psychological analysis is David
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