Is criminality inborn or acquired?
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Yes. I believe it can be both. If you have a genetic problem that prevents you from understanding right from wrong (ie schizophrenia) it is inborn. Also,  a child that grows up seeing his or her parents continually disregard the law will grow up thinking it is ok.
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There have always been the crimes you listed. People have just been informed of resources and that the crimes are reportable. It just appears as if there is more crime. BUT actually-the population of the world does increase.
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Possessed by demons? Often an accusation levied against people who do not fit societies current specification for optimum citizen.\nThose that actually commit crime should be judged as any others by the legal system. Let us end the insane insanity excuse for evading responsibility for crime.
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Review from Amazon dot com:\n\n"Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory of crime commission rests upon basic mostly unstated assumptions about human nature that people are essentially born selfish and with the desires to seek out pleasure and avoid pain. It is only through socialization that we learn how to control these impulses and delay gratification, so we can seek pleasure through society's legitimate means and avoid harming others. It is no surprise that they develop their definition of crime around this idea: "acts of force or fraud undertaken in the pursuit of self-interest." (p. 15).\n\n"There are, of course, several things wrong with this definition. They examine in their book behavior that does not meet this definition, such as drug use (not an act of force or fraud, although it fits the normally-conceived definition of a "crime" as being "illegal"). Furthermore, not all crimes are undertaken in the pursuit of self-interest (or at least ONLY in self-interest), for example, altruistic crimes and civil disobedience.\n\n"While studies that have actually tested it show it to be an important theory, many use behavioral measures lack external validity: they measure low self-control with the dependent variable itself by saying we can recognize people who have low self-control by their crimes and vise versa. This is a circular argument. Other studies question whether self-control is truly stable throughout the life course, which is one of the major premises of the book.\n\n"It's an interesting conceptual idea, but the theory as laid out in this book alone is hardly the "general theory of crime."\n\nReviewer:\nK. Hefley "ksuzy" (Oklahoma City, OK United States)
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No, I don't think there's any correlation.  The type of work that illegal immigrants do, precludes having a lifestyle that includes drugs.  Once an affront to your civil liberties is taken away, and we continue like sheep to comply, it's never given back.
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Absolutist: pure essentialism. Certain behaviors, identities, and modes of thought are "naturally" deviant; everywhere, and across time. Deviance is conceptualized as an objectively real characteristic found in "things," and can be located and studied through a positivist approach. \nStatistical--relevant, but not sufficient. The idea here is that those behaviors, identities, and modes of thought which rarely occur are deviant (based on the statistical conception of the "normal curve"). \nHarm--relevant, but not sufficient. Are all harmful behaviors and thoughts deviant? Are there forms of deviance that aren't harmful? \nCriminal--relevant, but not sufficient. Are there criminal acts that wouldn't be defined as deviant? Are there forms of deviance that are criminal? \nPositive Deviance? This is an extrapolation of the statistical definition, and shares elements of the "harm" criteria. If we use the idea that deviance entails a negative reaction, and consequences for the deviant, then is positive deviance a useful concept?
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This is a simple procedure, but is reserved for people who are smart enough to figure it out. \n\nIn other words, if you have to ask how to commit a crime, you're not smart enough to be a criminal.
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Robbery, woman or teenager get pregnant, raped or crime is committed.
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significa la definicion de actos relacionados con cualquier tipo de crimen ,robo,y todo acto clasificado por el sistema de justicia\ncomo crimen o delitos
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wow...didn't know all that...good info...i agree..it is a type of mental disorder...kinda like over eaters, thieves, drunkards, and so on....people who say it has been around for a long time and say its normal...so has murder is that normal...and if it is so normal...why does is go against natural law...they can't reproduce themselves...how does it exist if it is not a mental condition? so i guess we made the wrong decision...
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what statistics are you refering to? in my city, iv'e done a study on black and white "delinquints" from the ages of 13-18. in many cases we've seen that they white delinquints got their charges dropped, or were offered PTI, (Pre trial Intervention) wherein the cases of the black delinquints were sent to the juvenile correctionall facilities. I'm nopt trying to play a race card, but the study said what we had thought all along. with pti you are excused, nothing goes on your permanent record. With a juvenile facility, it is on your record, and you become a "statistic". I would like to think that you are not being anything but curious with asking this type of question over the internet. hope that this gives you a broader outlook on what the variables are when tallying for statistics. later.
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People are sinful regardless of race. So, whether it is a murder suicide or a Husband bring HIV contracted from a prostitute to his wife and orphaning his children it is the consequence of sin that affects not only the perpetrator but his innocent family. So it is no just when times are tough, it can be when things are "best" and the root always seems to go back to selfishness.
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A crime is a crime. Do the crime, do the time!  They are called ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS for a reason!
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Depends on your moral and ethical beliefs. Whether you believe it is stealing or whether you believe turning it in makes you a better person. It is all based on what kind of person are you.
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Don't get excited by a new word.\n\nWhat caused the crime?\n Environment?\n Mental impairment?\n Motivations of revenge?\n Passion? (blinded by love or infatuations)\n Learned behavior?\n\nThe list goes on and on. The arguments can be appreciated by both sides in the interest of justice and corrections.
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I think so, if i commited a crime, i should be punished, why are they different\n\nIsaque - I am not only talking of Latin immigrants, I am speaking of ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Key word Illegal. Illegal  = Crime. unless i am just wrong on that on, but as far as i know if someone tells me something is illegal and i go and do i just commited a crime.
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different factors are involved in someone who abuses substances, and genetics is one of them. It does not mean, though, that it's a genetic condition, but genetics is involved in it.