Why do people commit crime? Why do some people become "career" criminals? Why do some feel that they have a right or feel the need to take the property of others? Why do some people feel that they need to use violence against others to achieve their objectives, whether those aims are material goods or money (armed robberies, home invasions), control (domestic violence), revenge for a real or imagined slight, or simply to inflict pain or injury?
Perhaps more interesting, why do children and young people commit crimes? And does the behaviour of their parents, socio-economic status or their environment provide reason or motivation for this?
