A Comparison Of Biosocial And Psychosocial Theories

In a perfect world, we would have the all the answers to our questions. Specifically, we would have answers to the questions of why criminals commit crimes, what makes someone decide to commit a crime, and could it be possible for someone to stop committing crimes. Biosocial theory, is a theory that shows that there is potentially a genetic link that shows that someone is more likely to commit a crime. Not only that but biosocial theories seem to show that criminal activities can be seen throughout the family history, meaning that if you are prone to making decisions to do crime, then there could potentially be a history for crime in your family. The psychosocial theory is a theory that says that everything in your environment will affect you as a person, whether it is in a good way or a bad way, everything you put into your life affects you psychologically which could make you a criminal. The biosocial and
For one, biosocial theories typically revolved around what the criminal’s gene told criminologist. Although they did look at how the environment changed the way that the criminals behaved, it was mostly to see how the environment effected the genes that criminals already had. For example, how the adopted child still became an alcoholic even though he or she lived with her adopted family who were not alcoholics. For the psychosocial theories, criminologist want to look at more than just how the environment effects people and criminals alike. Criminologists who believe in the psychosocial theory look at the psychological traits that criminals must see the potential that other people must become a criminal. Biosocial and psychosocial theories have the fact that they both look at how the environment and social surroundings that people live in to connect that with genetics or the psychological traits that criminals