Nurture: Are People Psychologically Predisposed To Commit Crimes?
Nature versus Nurture: Are People Psychologically Predisposed to Commit Crimes?
For decades, many people have attempted to enforce a judicial system upon those who break the law to prevent criminality, but alas, it has yet to prevail. Time and time again, the world has attempted to understand why one may want to commit a crime, but the question that lingers is: Nature versus Nurture: Are people psychologically predisposed to commit crimes? Within this study, I aim to understand and possibly identify reasons as to which people would commit criminal acts. There will be three factors to discuss:
1) Are people more so genetically inclined to commit criminal acts?
2) Are people placed in an environment in which they feel that it is morally …show more content…
To support the idea of nurture being a reason to commit crimes, multiple case studies will be used, such as a study on Tracy Connelly, who was the mother of Baby Peter, a toddler murdered in …show more content…
The XYY theory derives from when a male is born with an additional Y chromosome, thus making their karyotype XYY rather than XY. Up to 1 in 1000 males are born this was, and mostly is does not affect them (U.S National Library of Medicine , n.d.). This is also the same for Klinefelter's syndrome (KS), however, men with KS are much more common, as 1 in 500 are affected with said syndrome. A study occurred between 1978 and 2006 (Kirstine Stochholm, Anders Bojesen, Anne Skakkebæk Jensen, Svend Juul, Claus Højbjerg Gravholt, 2012) to "investigate the criminal pattern in men between 15 and 70". All the men studied were diagnosed with either Klinefelter’s Syndrome or XYY syndrome (often referred to as 47, XYY, as there is an additional chromosome – the 47th Y. It may also be referred to as Jacob's syndrome) and were matched with men similar to their age. The results concluded that there was a significant increase of crimes committed by 47, XYY men as opposed to men with Klinefelter's syndrome, but when related to offenses such as traffic or drug related criminal offences, KS men were more likely to commit said crimes, thus those with Klinefelter’s Syndrome are inherently more psychologically predisposed to commit criminal acts Overall, this study concluded that 47, XYY men were more likely
For decades, many people have attempted to enforce a judicial system upon those who break the law to prevent criminality, but alas, it has yet to prevail. Time and time again, the world has attempted to understand why one may want to commit a crime, but the question that lingers is: Nature versus Nurture: Are people psychologically predisposed to commit crimes? Within this study, I aim to understand and possibly identify reasons as to which people would commit criminal acts. There will be three factors to discuss:
1) Are people more so genetically inclined to commit criminal acts?
2) Are people placed in an environment in which they feel that it is morally …show more content…
To support the idea of nurture being a reason to commit crimes, multiple case studies will be used, such as a study on Tracy Connelly, who was the mother of Baby Peter, a toddler murdered in …show more content…
The XYY theory derives from when a male is born with an additional Y chromosome, thus making their karyotype XYY rather than XY. Up to 1 in 1000 males are born this was, and mostly is does not affect them (U.S National Library of Medicine , n.d.). This is also the same for Klinefelter's syndrome (KS), however, men with KS are much more common, as 1 in 500 are affected with said syndrome. A study occurred between 1978 and 2006 (Kirstine Stochholm, Anders Bojesen, Anne Skakkebæk Jensen, Svend Juul, Claus Højbjerg Gravholt, 2012) to "investigate the criminal pattern in men between 15 and 70". All the men studied were diagnosed with either Klinefelter’s Syndrome or XYY syndrome (often referred to as 47, XYY, as there is an additional chromosome – the 47th Y. It may also be referred to as Jacob's syndrome) and were matched with men similar to their age. The results concluded that there was a significant increase of crimes committed by 47, XYY men as opposed to men with Klinefelter's syndrome, but when related to offenses such as traffic or drug related criminal offences, KS men were more likely to commit said crimes, thus those with Klinefelter’s Syndrome are inherently more psychologically predisposed to commit criminal acts Overall, this study concluded that 47, XYY men were more likely