What stirs a mind towards crime ??

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Answer 1

(I read about crime extensively in wikipedia.org. many theories have been offered.)
I will explore as deep as I can in answering this question.

It is in human nature to be, to get and to control.
Very often we do it at the detriment of others. Sometimes society allows it, other times it calls it a crime.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

After looking at the rest of the answers on this question, I am disapointed at the obvious lack of interpritation to the question, especially as it was posted in relation to an article on petty crime: I guess none of you have ever kept the extra 10p given in error when accepting your change, or copied that mp3 off the Internet. Perhaps your even so good that every time you found a 20p on the floor of a shop you handed it in. I don't think any of us are that good natured. The trouble is it is difficult to see crime when so many crimes we commit are considered common place. As a child I would have taped songs off the radio. This generation do exaclty the same copyright theft in the use of MP3's. But big business is often to blame for this, after all who invented the dvd writer, the cd writer, the Ipod, the Video recorder all available to record from media sources such as TV, Radio, Records, CD's, DVD's ect etc. All of this made available to the public before legitimate forms of purchasing the media through say Napster or another online service became legal resources. So in my opinion there are so many people breaking the law blatently they forget its wrong because they know other people are doing it too. Unfortunately once it becomes common place to break the law, other laws can be as easily overlooked. It does not mean we are all hardened criminals, just being mislead by big business for their gain in all to many cases. On from that some children were never taught the same level of right and wrong by their parents as the next family, and the breakdown of family life that is so well known in this time it has provided some people with an excuse to step over from petty crime in to hardened crime without even noticing they have done it. The problem is once they are have stepped over the line, it's almost impossible to step back because we all think we can be judge and jury without recognising our own failings.

Answer 4

(A) A growing moral decline in society. Once 'old fashioned' values give way to political correctness then the distinction between right & wrong becomes more blurred.
(B) A continuing bad sample set for us by politicians who are being exposed for dishonesty such as e.g. the Cash for honours scandal & on top of that coming across as insincere when levying upon us new taxes in the form of congestion charges or road pricing, green tax on flights etc. Not too mention the weak excuses given to us to justify the Iraq war which turned out to be unfounded anyway. Strangely enough it seemed the public knew it from the outset but the politicians didn't. On top of that we have these same defenders of 'freedom & democracy' torturing & killing or illegaly holding suspects while condemning other nations for the same.
(C) A growing advertising campaign by major stores, many of which are supposed to be reputable, offering us half price consumables which are in fact goods which were previously offered at outrageously high prices for a short period of time & then foisted upon us at what is actually closer to the true value or more in a 'sale'.
(D) A growing sense of bewildernent at the increasing number of cameras focused on us, for whatever reason, as we move into a surveillence society while being told we are not. This creates an atmoshere of suspicion & guilt. It existed during the communist era resulting in the death, torture & disappearences of many innocent people.

These are a few examples, which though appearing extreme, promote a spirit of frustration & confusion & a 'what the heck' attitude with a lot of people. 'After all if respected institutions are dishonest then why shouldn't I be'.
Such actions are bound to undermine faith in our society causing a serious decline in moral values which in turn will create a breeding ground for crime.
It is quite shocking to discover that most criminals really don't see that they have done something wrong. But then neither do those who are guilty of the examples I have given. Their actions are hidden beneath a legal cloak or a cloak of respectability. But most people see through this & sadly for some the justifications for criminal acts are all too available.
What is really a tradgedy is that terrorist acts abound with these justifications. And as usual with all this it is the innocent who suffer.

Answer 5

So we have a Government that has created a new, often petty and beurocratic/pointless law for every day it's been in power.......often aimed fairly and squarly at the middle classes, and they're finding those same middle classes are loosing any respect for the law? Well you don't say!

Why doesn't this report conclude that respect for the law IS collapsing because the laws that are passed no longer represent social consensus, rather the ideology of a small "Islingtonite" clique?

If a law is pointless/ wrong then IMO we are almost morally obliged to break it in order that it will eventually be repealed.

Answer 6

anything can stir a mind into crime and it doesnt hav 2 b within this or tht age...it can happen anytime.
4 example, the greed for money or the need to b immensely rich can cause a mind to stir into crime.
some implications of the childhood can drive a person into crime.like some incidence which happened during childhood will cause him to take revenge upon somebody and by this the 1st thing tht wud come to the mind wud b to collect large amounts of money.and then with the power of that money he cud do whtevr he wants....
such mindsets can diverge a person's mind into crime..!

Answer 7

If petty crimes like keeping money when given too much change is a crime, people commit such "crimes" because they feel themselves robbed. For example London Underground is so expensive and so lenghty when they have to return money, that if and when given wrong change, people like me would definitely keep it, thinking: serves them right!!! The same with banks, etc. They are the first to rob people, so when a mistake happen, I don't feel obliged to rectify it. Basically, I take side more with the poors who rob in the supermarkets, then with those who manage to own and build supermarkets by....stealing... big time!....if we talk of more serious crimes, then it's another issue....

Answer 8

Have you thought about crime as a socially constructed concept, a legal term? What is crime in one place is not crime in another.

Do you mean morality? If we don't believe in a source of all being who sets the moral standards for humanity, morality too is a social construct and can vary from place to place.

Lots of things could stir a person to criminality -- the legal term -- both good and bad. Criminal behavior based on a moral "good" might be a person who becomes a criminal where there's a corrupt and abusive government which has laws against sedition and overthrowing the government. Criminal behavior can also come from " bad" morals as the person here shows from the story of the thief.

Provocative question.

Answer 9

Earning an honest living is hard work and a lot of people are just lazy, or have no morals. To a 16-year-old who has just left school with no qualifications and only minimally-waged McJobs to aim for, dealing drugs and mugging people may seem like easy money and an attractive prospect. Then again, one has to wonder what sort of person would willingly harm people for a few quid, but some people do that in their legit, paid jobs...

Answer 10

Many factors can lead a person to crime and not nessesarily big crimes.

MANY even allow themselves to commit little crimes.

From what I have seen and heard its usually born of a hatred towards the social system, beit government, some kind of legal barricade that prevents them from getting what they would consider "natural justice" and the only way to make up for the systems inadequacies is to take the matter into their own hands.

I'll give you an example, I get lots of junk mail everyday.
I have unsubscribed from their so called link that removes me from their mailing list.

YET to this day I STILL recieve spam mail from them!

The system and laws are inadeqate to protect me from this invasion of privacy, so sometimes I imagine burning down these nuisance peoples office block!!!!!

OBVIOUSLY I WOULDN'T DARE do it for real,
for a start I cant get all the way to america!!!!

BUT you can see how an everyday little thing can spiral its way towards wrongdoing.

As the saying goes "Two wrongs don't make a right!"

BUT how much can one person allow themselves to be screwed over by a system that doesn't seem to care or listen, before they choose to do something for themselves??????...................

Answer 11

Criminal behavior is learned. The acting out, drug use, delinquency, etc., are all really cries for attention. The problem--and it's a very serious one, is that most criminals have no "moral center". They work many years at being criminals--usually 18 to 25. At the end of their chronic incarcerations, the free population, want helplessly to throw money at their feet in the hope of generating programs, which will rehabilitate them--change their criminal ways. Unfortunately, the mind does not work that way. The criminals have been working at being criminals too long. If when they are children--say 9 through 11, one can catch the behavior, perhaps there is a chance to change it. Otherwise... you know the rest.