There are innumerable contradictory explanations for the causation of crime.
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Crime There are innumerable contradictory explanations for the causation of crime. Some blame it on a lack of self control, some a lack of decent jobs, some super predators, some moral poverty, some poverty itself and still others explain that is laws themselves that create crime. All are partially correct. The problem with an issue such as crime's causation is that it requires the generalization of a very varied group of people. By generalizing humans or even the more specific group of "offenders"1 there are bound to be a great deal of contradictory results. Each person has a different situation and a different force that drives them to crime. Because of this there is really no one right answer to the question of crimes causation in any society. Yet it is possible to boil it down to a few basics. Crime is often the result of a scarcity of good jobs,...


