Psychological Factors On Criminal Behavior

Psychological Factors on Criminal Behavior

There a many different psychological of criminal behavior here is a list of several fundamental assumptions of psychological theories of criminality (and human behavior in general).
These are: 1 The individual is the primary unit of analysis in psychological theories. 2 Personality is the major motivational element that drives behavior within individuals. 3 Normality is generally defined by social consensus. 4 Crimes then would result from abnormal, dysfunctional, or inappropriate mental processes within the personality of the individual. 5 Criminal behavior may be intentionally for the individual it the extent that it addresses certain felt needs. 6 Defective, or abnormal, mental processes

This type of criminal exhibits deviant behavior early in life and is associated with self centeredness, a lack of empathy, and a tendency to see others as tools for their ends. Controlling these individuals would be more extreme and general public policies may not be stringent enough to curb the behavior in this small subset of criminals.

Criminals are really like anyone else but behave as they do mainly because of unfortunate things that happened to them that are not their fault. Research indicates that genetics is responsible for about 50 percent of criminal behavior. An abusive or violent childhood or another negative environmental factor and that risk greatly increases. Research has shown that trauma during childhood and lead to aggressive or even criminal behavior. Trauma has been shown to have a large impact on youth, and it can also lead criminal behavior. Impulse control disorders motives people to commit crimes like; Pathological gambling, Kleptomania, Pyromania, Intermittent explosive disorder and compulsive sexuality.

Pathological

People with this disorder have an overwhelming urge to steal and get a thrill from doing so. Kleptomaniacs thefts are unplanned, and the items may even be given away, thrown away, or returned. When they get anxious to frustrated that’s when they steal. Sometimes they have random urges to steal that will go away till they have already done the act. Once the person is done they feel better more relaxed. Later however, people with this disorder often feel guilty about what they have done or know that their actions are harmful to themselves and others. Therefore this disorder motives people to commit