Why do  some people enjoy commiting crimes?
925233
because being incarcerated is better than their current living conditions.
385822
It is not a completly valid sociological reason for commiting crime, however some sociologists treat it as a disease that needs curing so do allow PMS to be taken into consideration in relation to females commiting crime.
299654
Criminal activity commited by a child is just that. But, If the child is dangerous to society E.G.- murder, rape, predetory behavior, then just like an adult who does those things, the person needs to be thrown in a cell and kept there-4ever.
407529
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n\nDepending on their nature.  \n\nSome cheated due to an instance lust, being seduced, being lonely somewhere away from home, etc. Expressing this view in the criminal analogy - committing something like manslaughter, circumstantial.\n\nOthers cheat because it is just them, their core nature.\n\nThen they will never change.  They will plan how they would cheat, hence expressing this view in the criminal analogy - something like murder!\n\nMurderers are usually unrepentant, so are this type of cheats!  Let murderers out of the prison, they murder again and again.  Let unfaithful partners out of their homes, they cheat again and again.\n\nSuch people need psychological help - reprogramming their brains is neccessary because they are sick in some ways.
500510
All people are curios and love to find out dirt on other people well most people it's unfortunately human nature. It makes a lot of people feel better to because they can say look what she is doing I'm not that bad.
761711
well first off we are taught certain morals by our parents, such as "do not steal" "obey your parents"  as you get older you develope a feeling called empathy which is your ability to feel anothers pain. though everyone has empathy to a different extent, (some murder and ignore it, others cry at the slightest thing and others can handle more). the thought that "i do not like pain why should i put another person in pain"  is quite a basis for morals. i do not wish to be stolen from, raped, abused, lied about, what is my motiviation to do that to someone else?\n\nwill people commit those without motivation?
1136049
Lawbreakers thrive when law abiding citizens are afraid of 'causing trouble'. I'm perplexed as to why you feel even a shred of guilt for doing what's right for your community.\n\nIf people like you do nothing, then the scum gain greater footholds into your community, eventually driving you out into a more desirable neighbourhood. Never apologise for driving them out first.
839866
Obviously something motivates them to act in these ways.\n There may be different factors and there are no generalisations. but there are far too many people in prison for committing these heinous crimes , and a much much greater number who exploit young girls around the earth today ( and boys too ).\n          I think that the worst behaviour is built up to from a foundation. Whatever the starting point, the person must ignore their conscience at some ponit or maybe they have been abused too and do not have any consideration for their poor victims.\n      On tv these people are portrayed as acting in a downward spiral getting more and more out of control. James 1 v 14
106039
I don't think most people involved in crime consciously "choose" a life of crime. It's probably true that some are addicted to the adrenaline rush. But, why are they addicted? What are they doing if they're not "choosing"? \n\nI think it's a natural, but negative reaction to one thing: not getting what they needed. I think all people, without exception, need love in one form or another. You've probably heard it said that someone who was abused as a child is very likely to abuse as a parent. Why? Of all people, they should know better. It's because of unmet needs. Yes, needs are that critical. The person can't "grow up" and pretend love was not needed simply because they somehow managed to get older. They bring that unmet need with them, and they resent it deeply and bitterly. They are actually motivated to harm the one (the child) who is now getting what they were denied.\n\nSome of the most hideous and heartless criminals, such as serial killers, don't think they did anything wrong. Incredible! How could this be? It's because they are literally "heartless." They've run out of compassion and empathy because they never received any and have no idea what it feels like. \n\nSpeaking of feeling, this is a deep need also. Someone who is addicted to any kind of emotional high - whether it's adrenaline rush, alcohol, drugs, or sex - is desperately trying to awaken the sensation of emotional feelings. Most likely, however, they are completely unaware that this is what they're doing. It's become so hard for them to feel love that it takes a very hard substance, like crime, to get them to feel anything at all. To them, any feeling is better than no feeling.\n\nBut, the acts must get more instense in order to satisfy that cycle. So, it just spirals until it either: ends in death, prison (which may only change the substance), or they repent. Some criminals can change. Most are too lost in the dark, hate the truth, hate the light, or whatever you want to call it.\n\nAs you can guess, the opposite is also true. Someone who has a keen sense of being loved is acutely aware of emotional needs, the need to serve others, and how precious that love is. They are more likely to be assertive, honest, confident, etc. It's only then that one is really free to make a choice.
829876
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.
1165008
Because of all of the criminals....:)
748050
Because some people are just plain evil and don't care who they hurt or what they destroy.  Some people look at others as stepping stones to getting what they want.  And if you are in the way .. prepare to be stepped on.
1144194
None, people commit crime on their own, they don't say well the tv shows it so i just do it.
1039600
There are two primary justifications (reasons) for having criminal laws and criminal punishments.\n\nThe first is purely pragmatic/practical. Certain actions cause problems for society, in that people are harmed (reducing productivity) or property is damaged. Preventing someone who has shown they will commit such crimes from being free to do so again is one reason why we have punishments. Also, rehabilitation is often stated as a goal, so that people who have committed crimes in the past do not do so again.\n\nThe second reason is that some actions are inherently bad, and people deserve to be punished for them. Where society is harmed (see above) these are easy to understand and justify.\n\nThe trickier subset of the second category comes with crimes that do not cause direct damage to anyone, or even increase risk of harm (like speeding), but rather offend some moral sense of right/wrong.\n\nThis is the gray area, where the majority makes something illegal purely because they don't like it. And almost always that dislike comes because of their moral (religious) framework. So, effectively, they are enacting laws punishing activity that their religion dissapproves of.\n\nNow, if the action is one that pretty much everyone disapproves of anyway, regardless of religion, then it can be considered a cultural justification, rather than a religious one. And those are valid.\n\nBut, the courts have struck down laws that are only based on religious justifications, because the US Constitution prohibits enforcement of religious dogma as a matter of law.\n\nSo, the fine line in the second category (no actual harm) is always whether the moral justification is really a generally accepted cultural expectation, or is it religiously motivated. That's how morality comes into the equation.
409593
I think that its because they feel liket they already screwed up (talking about the kids in jail). They are not loved by anyone, so they want to live an easy life style.
397907
I think you pretty much answered your own question: Because they are psychopaths. Like the other post said though, what comes around always goes around. People that commit harm against others no matter how large or small, will eventually be made to confront and deal with what they did. It may not even be in this lifetime, but karma has a way of coming back on everyone. NOONE is exempt from it if they know what they are doing is wrong.
200632
They give more employment opportunities to those who need them. When people make money legitimately, they tend to not need to resort to crime.