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Criminal activities are the unavoidable attributes of a social system fascinating or repelling the
individuals from committing it depending on environmental upbringing as well as the genetic
formulations of the individuals. Social psychologists and biological criminologists have
pondered over two distinctive schools of thoughts developing their theories on crime causations.
The instinct to commit a crime is based on the factors like biological genetics, environmental
upbringing, social experiences, and social norms and ethical codes of a society.
Biological Perspective
Sigmund Freud argued that human behaviors and inner instincts of taking up an action are driven
internally by nature. According to Sigmund Freud, all humans possess the inner instinct of
committing crimes naturally and the reason people do not practically apply their instinct is
because of evolution of social system and social norms. A person would want to murder
someone and take out his frustration but another instinct of social acceptability and survival
would stop him because he would not want to be arrested by the law enforcement and his
instincts would stop him from doing a task that would lead him further into a state of social
unacceptability. So, it is the sense of punishment and brutal consequences of a crime that stops
an individual from committing a crime, otherwise, it is a naturally built-in attribute according to
natural theory of criminology [Essays, UK. (2013)].
Role of Genetics in Criminal Behaviors
Recently, behavioral studies have developed the theories to explain the role of genetics and
biological interventions in carving out the criminal behavior of humans. Christiansen researched
and analyzed the criminal tendencies in 3,586 twin pairs living in Denmark and after thorough
examinations and statistical evaluations; he reported that 52 percent of the twins were civil and

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 Theories of Crime Causation Criminal activities are the unavoidable attributes of a social system fascinating or repelling the individuals from committing it depending on environmental upbringing as well as the genetic formulations of the individuals. Social psychologists and biological criminologists have pondered over two distinctive schools of thoughts developing their theories on crime causations. The instinct to commit a crime is based on the factors like biological genetics, environmental upbringing, social experiences, and social norms and ethical codes of a society. Biological Perspective Sigmund Freud argued that human behaviors and inner instincts of taking up an action are driven internally by nature. According to Sigmund Freud, all humans possess the inner instinct of committing crimes naturally and the reason people do not practically apply their instinct is because of evolution of social system and social norms. A person would want to murder someone and take out his frustration but another instinct of social acceptability and survival would stop him because he would not want to be arrested by the law enforcement and his instincts would stop him from doing a task that would lead him further into a state of social unacceptability. So, it is the sense of punishment and brutal consequences of a crime that stops an individual from committing a crime, otherwise, it is a naturally built-in attribute according to natural theory of criminology [Essays, UK. (201 ...
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