Crime Reasons

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CRIME
- Explanations
  - Psychological
  - Biological
    - Something wrong with your phsiology
      - eg. Brain Tumor
Unable to make sense of the world
- Psychological
- eg. Mental Illness
Sociological
- Because of primary and secondary socialisation
- Explanations
  - Biological
    - Something wrong with your phsiology
      - eg. Brain Tumor
Socialisation
- Brought up in crime
  - Desensitised
  - Friends or family criminals
Sub-Cultures
- More likely to commit crime
- Peer pressure, gangs, football hooligans etc
Labelling
- Self-Fulfilling Phrophecy
Deprevation
- Material and Relative
Opportunity
- How much chance you have to commit crime
- Worse in urban areas
Self-Fulfilling Phrophecy
Peer pressure, gangs, football hooligans etc
Reasons
- CRIME
- Socialisation
  - Brought up in crime
    - Desensitised
    - Friends or family criminals
- Opportunity
  - How much chance you have to commit crime
  - Worse in urban areas
- Sub-Cultures
  - More likely to commit crime
- Labelling
- Deprevation
  - Material and Relative
Have less than others
- Steal to feel less deprived
Steal to feel less deprived

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