Social Causes

• social causes - poor education

  Poor education can lead to criminal behaviour because a lack of education means limited life choices and opportunities which may lead to poverty which may then lead to criminal activities. This is usually due to them having fewer opportunities to live comfortably from legal means. For example, research found by Edinburgh University academics

  has found that young people who were excluded from school were much more likely to be end up in the criminal justice system and prison.
• social causes - ace's

  People with Adverse Childhood Experiences such as physical

  abuse, neglect, growing up in households where drugs are used or someone has been jailed are more likely to become a perpetrator of crime themselves. This is because they may not have the right upbringing to learn how to be a responsible citizen. For example, the Scottish Government published that people with four or more ACES are 20x more likely to be in prison in their life.
• social causes - alcohol and drug misuse

  The first may be that someone commits a crime to fund or meet their addiction while the second reason may be that they commit a crime while under the influence of drugs and alcohol. This is because drugs and alcohol can affect our emotions, thoughts and understanding of what is right and wrong. For example, almost half of murders in Scotland in the last 5 years were committed under the influence of alcohol.