causes of crime

• what are social causes of crime

  • ACEs
  • social pressure
  • drugs & alcohol
• what are economic causes of crime

  • greed
  • unemployment
  • poverty pressures
• what are biological causes of crime

  • hormones
  • brain disorder
  • brain maturity
• what example shows that a cause of crime is if someone is under the influence or addicted to drugs and alcohol


  2/3rd of violent crime is committed while someone is under the influence of alcohol
• what example shows that one cause of crime is because someone has experienced ACEs


  someone who has experienced ACEs is 15x more likely to commit and act of violence and be 20x more likely to be in prison at some point
• what example shows that one cause of crime is social pressures on men to “act the man” which might make them commit crime


  in 80% of domestic abuse cases the perpetrator was male with a female victim
• what example shows that one cause of crime may be because someone is very greedy


  former SNP natalie mcgarry was jailed for embezzling more than £25000
• what example shows that one cause of crime may be because someone is living in poverty


  known as “survival shoplifting” around 25% of all crimes of dishonesty are for items such as food and clothing
• what example shows that one cause of crime may be because someone is unemployed


  maryhill, glasgow has a high unemployment rate and a high number of gangland killings including the death of kenny reilly
• what example shows that one cause of crime may be because someone has a brain disorder like psychopathy


  aaron campbell kidnapped, raped, and murdered alesha macphaill and was labelled a psychopath by experts
• what example shows that one cause of crime may be because of the hormones in a persons body 


  90% of people in scottish prisons are men