Psychological Explanation Of Crime

Psychological Explanation is based on someone's mental behavior. A person's personality and learning factors can cause them to commit a crime. According to some early childhood experiences it can have a major effect on personality and development. Also according to Psychological Explanation crime is stemmed from abnormal urges and desires.

Many link criminal behavior to certain concepts as innate impulses, psychic conflict, and repression of one's personality.The Psychological Theory relates to Jack’s scenario because, due to his childhood experiences and mental health, Jack decided to pull the gun out and rob Mary.

The Social Structure Theory is the result of underlying social conditions, such as poverty and unemployment. In society many people usually tend to commit crimes due to their poverty level or economic status in society. Crime is thus is created by the structure of society. Social Structure is built on the distribution of wealth and power. According to statistics people who are apart of the lower class are more likely led to commit a crime.
Many people who are apart of the lower class want the American dream ,but due to their social status it makes it harder to achieve the “American Dream”. People may commit a crime due to wanting to find a way out of their present situation. Such as homelessness, poor education, bad housing, and lack of political power. The Social Structure Theory relates to Jack’s scenario because Jack is apart of the lower class. Therefore, Jack’s living situation and economic status caused him to pull the gun out on Mary ,and that is why he stole her money and ran