Many people have always tried to explain why someone resorts to committing crimes. Certain individuals believe that a person is willing to break the law because of their evil nature. Others, however, claim that there exist a number of reasons why someone decides to violate societal norms and standards by committing some offences or crimes, such as poverty and other social factors. Personally, I am inclined to support the latter position.
As a matter of fact, human psyche appears to be quite vulnerable and may be easily affected by external factors. This is the position which is held by a great number of people, and I cannot but fully support it. Those who propound the said idea are convinced that a person may be willing to perpetrate crimes due to their unfortunate background and the significant hardships in their past, which sometimes shapes their personality in a negative way and in other cases leaves them with practically no other choice, for under certain circumstances it may be even the matter of their survival. To put it simply, many believe and I agree that it is very unlikely that someone who had great parents, professional teachers, enough care and proper upbringing will all of a sudden transform into a maniac or a serial killer.
Nonetheless, there exist another major group of people who contend that a human being seems to possess an ill-natured soul and is, therefore, prone to transgress legal boundaries regardless of their background, social status and the like. To justify their belief, they may invite us to have a look at the children of many celebrities or successful businessmen, who frequently tend to shock the public by their deeds, starting from speeding or driving a car when drunk and ending with taking drugs or even murdering someone. The mentioned individuals reportedly have the best teachers and mentors, having no financial issues, and yet they turn to inflicting immoral and criminal deeds, since they are humans and their nature may often be wicked, no matter how much their parents try to bring them up properly.
In light of the above, one can draw the inescapable conclusion that, although it possible to attribute people’s desire to violate the law to their malicious nature, I am still willing to support those who contend that a vast majority of criminals were unfortunate to be brought up in poverty or were exposed to many types of serious social issues.