Impact Of Surroundings Of An Individual's Everyday Life On Illegal Activity

Criminology takes many variables into an account to solve why one commits a crime to better society. Some individuals take wrong paths in their lives and don’t know anything better than crime. For those, it is a tough task to prosper in a healthy manner while staying in control of their lives when negatively affected. Crimes in a society are influenced and controlled by the punishment, mental development, and surroundings. Consequences of breaking laws are essential for preventing a crime. It is believed that the relationships between the two should be balanced and not taken to the extreme. So, public executions are not present today since it settles horror and fear in people. Alternatively, when punishments are fair they increase happiness and are comforting because of society knowing that crime is taken care of appropriately.

With a well-established law enforcement, people understand that it is not worth taking a risk and be sentenced. Laws are proportionate to the seriousness of wrongdoing and prevent criminals from repeating their crimes. This method is designed to allow people pursue their desires while having a freedom of actions.

The right parenting of children in developing their minds plays one of the key roles in raising law-abiding citizens. Neuropsychological or cognitive deficits during the childhood have one of the strongest correlations to criminal activity during adulthood. Those people are having a hard time with adjusting to societal norms due to the traumatic experiences and abuses in the early days of life. While aggressiveness, negative emotions and impulsiveness is viewed as personality traits, it is discovered to be incapability to control behavior which some argue is the main cause of criminal activities. 70% of kids with conduct disorder which is a cause of an antisocial personality disorder will commit a crime when they are adults according to the study in 2006. Moreover, people with these disorders are prone to the consumption of drugs and alcohol as well as violent intimate relationships.

Surroundings of an individual’s everyday life can have a negative influence that could push towards illegal activities. Social statistics show that season, social status and drugs, alcohol consumption have a pattern and are linked to committed crimes. Some believe that the wrongdoing is developed through culture and society rather than in individual himself. People who are moving to an urban area which is chaotic from rural quiet places are vulnerable to breaking a law because of the moral uncertainty caused by isolation and role confusion. Street crimes are the highest in poor areas while suit crimes are highest in wealthy places because of the difference in settings. This is also one of the reasons to the increase in cyberbullying since offenders feel safe and anonymous in the environment of the internet, so they start to sense empowerment over the law.

Proper consequences for actions, well developed childhood of individuals and surrounding environments are crucial for law-abidingness. Thus, even if those aspects of life control the behavior of an individual in a negative way, it is possible to overcome those variables by seeking help and pursuing a better life that is beneficial and healthy for everyone.