Theories Of Crime

Crime can be defined as any human conduct that violates any criminal law of a given state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction that has the power to make and enforce the laws. It is difficult sometimes to explain why people engage in illegal and deviant behaviors because each offender have a different motive for committing crime but most people commit crime due to poverty, unemployment, peer pressure, social inequality, and the system that refuses to take back inmates as part of the society when they are released from prison or jail.
These aforementioned crime causation factors contribute to about ninety percent of crimes in the society and it is the reason why our nation was ranked first in the world as a nation with the highest percentage of its population as prisoners.
The stray theory I believe aligned with one of the factors noted to be behind why people commit a crime. This theory asserts that lack of fit between socially approved success goals and the availability of social
This perspective highlights the role that the breakdown of social institutions, such as the family, the economy, education, and religion play in crime causation. It is fascinating how the breakdowns of the social structures have caused more harm in our social setting. American society does not make provision or support the family and hence have led to the collapse of homes. The family is the foundation of a nation when the families are united and are morally upright, the nation will be productive because it will produce intelligent and good citizens but when the homes are disorganized or broken, the offspring of such families tend to see crime and deviant behaviors as a way of life. Research have shown that most offenders come from either a single parent home, foster home, or disorganized homes where the children are not giving proper upbringing and do not have access to proper