What causes people to commit a crime?
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It can be a combination of things, and in most real cases it is.  Poverty, upbringing, financial status, social status, can all have a push or pull when some one is deciding on commiting a crime.  In most crimes most people have a well structured plan of what they were going to do, which means that it wasn't some spur of the moment thing.  For example I did a case studie on Drug related crimes: selling, production and so forth.  Over 40 percent of the criminals admited that it was easier for them to sell and produce drugs than it was to actually go and get a paying job.  Now that can be considerd a social upbringin or classification.  \n\nFor some people crime is a way of life, Little Rock Arkansas has the highest rate of gang killings in the US Higher than LA, Okland, and New York.  There was a documentary that showed that little kids were raised up in gangs, hanging round drugs, sex, and crime.  It wasn't a case of these children choosing to joing the Crypts of the Bloods it was that they were raised in the enviorment.  Additionaly to the gang enviorment these children were raised in poverty, the social sturcture was messed up from the beginning weather it was parenting, education, and so on.  \n\nThen you have those that do it for the thrill of doing it.  Take for example kids killing for fun.  I forgot what show it was (was on A&E) but was over kids killing other kids for fun. 4 out of the 5 killers that were intervied said they wanted to know what it felt like to kill.  Now most of these kids were brought up living the american dream: mom, dad, house, minvan, dog, but yet these kids wanted to kill.  Now dose the killings that these kids in any way diffierent from the killing of those raised in gangs, no they were killing, but their social, education, and other aspects were worlds apart.\n\nso in short its can be alot of things that will push a person to commit a crime, weather it be petty thieving to premptive murder.
1108413
Depends on what country you are in and the actual nature of the crime!
981204
The same reason they are spared from jail time when they commit a crime. Money talks........................
362185
its nuts, more people try to protect the criminals instead of the victims.  Now days if some one brakes into your house and hurts them selves doing it they can sue your ass for everything you have left.
828971
Let's take robbery.  You take something from someone else that doesn't belong to you.  It is a crime because you are violating someone else.  That is against our moral code.  When you break moral code there is a chance that your government has passed a law saying that it is illegal to do so.  The laws are in place so that everybody doesn't go around violating others.  The punishment is set by standards of society.  It is also set by what the perpetrator has done in his past (aka prior record).  That determines the sentence for the crime.  The punishment should be putting that person in a place where they have to reflect upon their crime and find the wrong in what they did so that hopefully they will never do it again.\nI hope that answers you question.
825682
Because they commit more crimes. A better question would be, why do minorities commit more crimes? The answers to that question are complex.
766865
Fines, community service, jail time (prison time) and/or death.\n\nBecoming an outcast with regard to the community.\n\nLoss of certain rights and/or privileges.\n\nAny immediate repercussions at the time the noncompliance occurred (i.e. if you exceed the speed limit and crash your vehicle as a result).\n\nStricter laws being enacted or greater punishment being dealt out to new and repeat offenders.
517159
It makes revenue for the local govenments. It is wrong to put people in jail for such things but the do it anyway but they are wanting the fines as they know that they can't stop it.
501277
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.
1167077
innocent to be locked up.  if someone has a propensity for criminal behavior, there is a chance they will meet justice eventually.
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Probably a violent/illegal substance/sex crime or any felony. Then again this is Oregon we're talking about.
610912
Because they want you to realize that you need an education otherwise most people resort to crime and you will end up doing a lot more community service.  It's a punishment for breaking the law.  You are not supposed to enjoy it.  I recommend stop getting caught.
822202
Well, in most criminal cases, there are actual physical causes, like damage in certain areas of the brain.   It can cause you to lose all respect for other life forms, and worse.
496161
a criminal does it for selfish reasons.\na terrorist does it to scare others.
505446
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.
579018
I don't know the circumstances, but I feel if somebody commits a crime, they should have to pay. What's right is right!
1028676
We don't even know the source that causes sex offenders.  Some theories claim it is population pressure, some say it is society, some claim genetics and heredity play a role, while other say it is a chemical imbalance.  Some even say people become sex offenders because they are evil.\n\nWithout a cause, how can we treat the offenders to cure them?  How can we prevent people from becoming a sex offender?\n\nSo no, in my opinion, at present there is no cure for a sex offender, and continuously releasing back into society without proper precautions is, again in my opinion, the same as getting an alchoholic a job as a bartender.  There are those that may resist the teptation, but the urge is there.