Cause of Crime

CAUSES OF CRIME

In this modern era, there are a lot of crimes keep happening around the world. We can easily find news about someone had done any crimes on the daily newspaper. Crime is the breaking of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction. Crimes that we usually found in newspaper are disappearance of children, serial murders, single homicides, serial rapes, extortions, threats, kidnappings and many more. All these crimes need to be control to ensure our country is in a peaceful condition. However, what are the causes of crimes?

The reason that cause crime rate to increase is that most countries have a poor parenting. According to the research by Currie and Tekin (April 2006) which using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, it shows that the child maltreatment are having doubles the probability that an individual engages in many types of crime. According to Bloom (May 2011), parents serve as role models not only through direct interactions with their children but through the examples they set with their attitude and behavior within the family and in the outside world. Parents’ behaviors and attitudes usually will be imitated by their children. Therefore, family care and love are important to reduce the crimes rate among the children.

Lack of education may lead to the crimes occur continuously in the society. According to a paper from the University of Western Ontario and the University of California, Los Angeles, people that educated are probably less to involve themselves in crimes. They are more patience and also not likely to take risk to commit a crime. Although high education is needed to decrease the rate of crimes, over educated in religions may cause the crime indirectly. Religions always believe in God who is guiding us in some ways. According to the article, “22 Ways Religion Promotes Crime” by Kalin Ringkvist, this may allow the prayer to commit a crime without guilty as...