| When a crime is committed, there is always a reason | | | | chances are that they might take the path of |
| or a motive behind it. It is quite important to | | | | crime. |
| understand the mindset of a criminal. What thought | | | | • Learning - This theory explains the changes |
| goes through their mind, what leads them to | | | | that take place in a criminals mind due to the |
| committing crime and many such questions and their | | | | experiences from the surrounding environment. |
| answers can only be obtained by learning about crime | | | | Science has proven that the experiences in life are |
| and its causes . | | | | stored in an organized form in the mind. If the person |
| The study of the causes, nature and extent of | | | | lives or has spent a long time in an improper |
| crimes as well as behavior of the criminals, intended | | | | neighborhood or environment, it develops negative |
| for understanding crimes in a better manner; and for | | | | effect on the mind. |
| implementing various new policies in the criminal | | | | • Control – The theory of control is entirely |
| justice system is called Criminology . This study is | | | | about a person's bonding with the society. It specially |
| principally related to etiology which is the study of | | | | focuses on an individual's relation with their parents, |
| causes or reasons for crime. People who do research | | | | coaches, teachers or any other person to whom |
| in the field of criminology are called criminologists. | | | | they look up to for learning how to socialize. Control |
| Criminology provides many theories on why crimes | | | | theory studies that how the bonding of a person |
| are committed by criminals on the basis of | | | | with the society is directly correlated to their |
| assumption about human nature. There are many | | | | relationship with their socializing figures. |
| theories that exist in criminology. Now let us move | | | | The above mentioned theories are just the |
| forward and take a look at the conventional | | | | mainstream or commonly used theories in trying to |
| theories. | | | | figure the causes of crime. There are many other |
| Mainstream Criminology: | | | | factors that can be responsible for a person |
| • Strain - This theory is based on the dreams | | | | performing any crime. It can also be a psychological |
| and aspirations that people possess. Sometimes | | | | disorder, biological factors, economical factors etc. |
| people keep really high expectations or dreams and | | | | No one is born a bad guy. It's just the circumstances |
| when those dreams don't get fulfilled, they | | | | or the events that makes one choose the wrong |
| experience strain. At that moment, people either | | | | path. Crime exists in any society and is nearly |
| choose to reduce their aspirations or increase the | | | | inevitable. But it is necessary to learn more about |
| opportunities. When people choose the later, the | | | | crime and its causes to reduce the rate of crime. |