Into this world with these characteristics built genetically in us? When it comes to Psychopaths and their crazy tendencies, they are affected by society to make them who they are. Since a very young age, when humans are still developing and are not considered mature yet, people around them and what they interact with drastically changes their behavior. For example, Ted Bundy, a well-known murderer and rapist who approximately killed 30 women in his life, has admitted on an interview before he was killed that his childhood may have had an effect to him. “He said that the ‘hard-core’ pornography that he was exposed to could take responsibility for the murders.
Criminal Acts and Choice Theories Response Beth D. Komish CJS/200 April 6, 2012 Monty Mathis Criminal Acts and Choice Theories Response Depending on where you grew up and how your parents brought you up, you could start hanging out with the wrong people and they could get you in to a lot of trouble. I believe that crime just does not happen I believe this is in the genes somehow or maybe there is too much violence on television. There are so many different types of crimes, robberies, rape, killing each other and drive-by-shootings and so many to name. The choice theories of crime affect society by, the entertainment industry and the media, the rap singers are singing about different way to rob, kill, sell and do drugs to kids that
Within this confusion Freud would pair his family up into couples; his father with the Nanny, as they were age related and his brother Philip with his mother, as they appeared to him more age related too. So within Freud’s imagination ‘this would have made him Philip’s son and not his father’s son.’ (Boyne, Skelton 2003 pg 17). Taking this into consideration we could argue that Freud was already developing his seeds of imagination towards the Oedipus complex born out of his own life. Freud came from a disciplined background with limited finances, but his family was still able to support his intellectual ability, which led him into a career
Crime experts have been trying for years and years to understand why people commit crime. Or why people end up being victimized. Did they see something as a child that would scar them mentally to the extent of harming others? Were they born with a master trait that influences certain behaviors? Maybe it’s because of others behavior that they learned to act this way?
The focus of the study was to identify common behaviors in the childhood upbringings of the serial killers. 28 of them exhibited behaviors such as “frequent daydreaming, compulsive masturbation, isolation, chronic lying, cruelty to children, running away, and cruelty to animals…27 of these serial killers showed traits for rebelliousness, stealing, poor body image, and temper tantrums”(Jones, 2000). John Wayne Gacy and Paul Rowles displayed several of these pre-indicating behaviors that shouldn’t have been disregarded. Both of these serial killers had previous arrests for sex crimes, but law enforcement didn’t act in an effective manner to keep them from
Criminal Psychology: Trauma that influences criminal behavior Criminal activity is the act of an individual breaking a law. This could vary from a violent murder to a simple argument out in public. Criminals are usually prosecuted and sometimes are not granted a fair trail due to the severity of the crime they have committed, but could there be a psychological reason as to why an individual is persuaded to commit a crime? This has been a controversial debate that has been researched over the years. It is believed that certain traumas and different environments have a great effect on how ones mind develops.
There is no known fact to answer this question because there have been many kids that have been abused physically, mentally, and sexually by his or her parents but they did not grow up to be serial killers. According to Joel Norris, he states that, “Parents who abuse their children, physically as well as psychology instill in them an almost instinctive reliance upon violence as a first resort to any challenge.” (Norris, 1989) In some cases parents believe that if they discipline their children it will make them tougher when they grow up. Often sometimes children don’t see that when they are being disciplined it makes a child start to lack love for their parents and it makes the child go out and do things like setting fires, misbehaving in school and the need to torture animals to release the anger they have built up inside of them from the hurt that their parents have called all because they wanted to discipline their child (Norris, 1989). When a child torture or kill an animal does that automatically mean that the child will grow up to become a serial killer? Or is it the only way a child can release all the hatred and angry that they are suppressing from being abused by their parents?
Drug addiction causes young people to drop out of school, and it makes parents lose interest in their children. It pushes people into lives of crime and poverty, destroys ambition and ruins lives. Drug dealing brings crime and violence to otherwise peaceful communities, and makes people feel helpless and afraid in their own home towns (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugs/). The link between drug use and crime is not an original one and there are various questions to be asked when considering the drugs and crime link, the first and maybe the most confusing question is, do drugs cause crime or does criminality come first? (Hayles, 2000:78) investigates these using three methods of investigation.
A child could also feel as if any adult that approaches then could be harm to them. There are also signs that you can tell when a parent is abusing the child. An example would be if a parent was talking about the child saying he and or she was very bad or "evil". Another reason why a parent would possible physically abuse a child would be because they were abused themselves when they were younger. Second, Neglect: when a child is being neglected he and or she is consistently dirty and smells really horrid.
He was charged with three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one count of felonious assault. Joyce decided to try Lane as an adult, and transferred his proceedings to an adult court, approved by the judge, Timothy Grendell. The article states that the motive is still unknown, but I think Lane’s actions were a result of an unstable childhood and bad upbringing. The victims in this crime have been said to be strangers to Lane. Also, the victims were from a different high school than the one Lane attends, which makes this situation strange; one that cannot be generalized as ‘’just another typical school shooting”.