Reasons for Crime

• Poverty - being without money , food or other basic needs
• Mental illness - a medical condition that affects a persons emotions or moods
• Addiction - a physical or mental dependency on a substance or activity
• Greed - a selfish desire for something
• Why Poverty leads to people committing crime

  • There are millions of people in the UK who live in poverty and cannot always afford to buy food or other essentials  
  • Some believe the only way out of this is to steal  
• Christian and Hindu views on Poverty leading to people committing crime

  • Christian – Stealing is wrong but people should do what they can to help make sure nobody finds themselves in the position of having to steal because of poverty  
  • Hindu – The Bhagavad Purana say that poverty and greed destroy human virtue – crime should be tackled by an increase of personal virtue and by ensuring society is well run and prosperous 
• Why Upbringing leads to people committing crime

  • Some people grow up in a household where crime is a way of life  
  • A troubled upbringing might also lead a person to turn to crime 
• Christian and Hindu views on Upbringing leading to people committing crime

  • Christian – Parents should teach their children the right way to behave through their own actions and words 
  • Hindu – In the Bhagavad Gita 1.41 - 1.42, Arjuna alludes to how children who are unloved are more likely to behave immorally or in other socially unacceptable ways