Criminal Behavior
...e have been some explanations for crimes of the most violence or social disruption, there has been little done to try to develop a psychological mold for criminal behavior from other ends of the spectrum. Others think that the environment that the person has lived in causes the criminal behavior. These who believe this say that the behavior is not accounted for by inner or outer forces separately, but by the two forces interacting together. The sources for the different variations of behaviors are found in the network of interactions between the person and the environment, and this cues to different behaviors. This can also sensitize the people to different behaviors and to help people respond to the different cues, too. When trying to figure the framework of criminals you must make some assumptions. You must assume that the person is aware that they are behaving differently, and that they like to act contrary to the law. You should not assume that the criminals have different personalities from people. The personality of the person could be the same as the personality of the President of the United States, but psychologically, the two would be miles apart. It is proposed that in specific criminal offenses there are different elements that contribute to the process of the crime. If there are no elements, then there is no crime committed. This can be explained with several examples. One example is if there is a youth who has been drinking or doing drugs and he comes across a running car with no owner in it, he would be less likely to steal the car, then a professional car thief who has been watching the car for many weeks before. Another example is the bank teller who has devised a plan to steal thousands of dollars with out anybody knowing, or the drunk who decides that the cashier is giving him bad looks, so he stabs him and steal the money from the register. Different things can lead to different crimes or no crimes at all. The inclination to do certain crimes can also be determined by the specific factors within the individual. Such factors that come into play are mechanical ability and physical agility. These things are also affected by the person’s mental health. The person might not really be able to do those certain things, but if there are mentally unstable, they could think that they can do anything. Criminal acts are more thought of in the legal sense then in the physiological sense, and it clearly falls into the middle of the two domains. Police officers are not likely to concern themselves with the mind of a criminal in a minor crime. The officers merely see a crime being committed and they arrest that person. In turn, the psychologist does not see the small crime being committed; they see all events that lead up to the moment in time when the crime is done. It is thought that the psychology of criminal behavior is still in its infancy, because the behavior in one place may not be considered criminal, while the same behavior someplace else would put you in jail or prison. Therefore, in reality the actual behavior has not changed, merely the relation to the law of the place. Fo...