People have debated that the human environment affects the criminal behavior of a person. There are many factors to consider while analyzing how the environment shapes people to become criminals. Starting with the family, it shapes how people develop and how they relate to each other people. Most criminals come from broken homes. Some children go through abuse, and they have so much hostility to the world and they end up becoming criminals. The family environment affects how a child grows and it affects their hyperactivity. There are many family risk factors associated with criminology. These are parenting, poverty, family structure and parenting (Wilson & Herrnstein, 1985). The human nature affects crimes in terms of the family setup, parenting, socialization and education.
Parenting
In terms of parenting, when a child grows up in a family that has good parents, the child will have good behavior. Parenting is very important in the upbringing of children. Parents teach children on the good and bad things. They punish them when they go wrong and build their character. If a parent has bad morals and he/she is absent most or all of the time. This translates to the child’s behavior.
For children to grow in the right way, there should be a parent-child relationship that is positive as well as a home environment that is positive and stimulating. Some parents exert abuse to the children. The abuse could be physical, sexual or verbal. This scares the child and it causes the child to develop antisocial behavior. The child may engage in crime in his/her teenage years or when he/she grows up. The family setup should be in such a way that people are free to communicate or air their views (Jones, 2018). The child will feel included in such an environment. Lack of family bonds is a cause of criminal behavior.
Socialization
Another environmental issue that affects criminology is socialization. This is an important factor in the development of a child. Socialization is the way a child learns to act or relate to others based on how parents or guardians teach him/her to act. Socialization happens in the period between when the child is developing and when he/she learns about the society. When the children are growing up, they learn to obey their guardian and their family is their society. When children are developing, they do not know that simple things like stealing are wrong.
The guardians have to teach them by showing that there are negative consequences of crime. If the parents skip this part, children may become criminals. They start with simple crimes like stealing, cheating and fighting. As they grow older, they graduate to more serious forms of crime.
Conclusion
In conclusion, there are many human factors that affect criminology. The level of education affects how people manifest their criminal behavior. People who have learning disabilities have a likelihood of getting into crime. The neighborhood also affects how children relate with each other. Children who grow in crime related towns are more likely to become criminals. These children grow up and relate with people in the neighborhood. There is a possibility that they will associate or involve with these people. The human nature affects crimes in a number of ways. These are family setup, parenting, socialization and education.
References
Jones, C. (2014). Genes, Environment, and Criminal Behavior. Personalityresearch.org. Retrieved 25 July 2014, from http://www.personalityresearch.org/papers/jones.html
Wilson, J., & Herrnstein, R. (1985). Crime and human nature (1st Ed.). New York: Simon and Schuster.
