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Running head : Are Criminals Born or Made

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Are Criminals Born or Made

No one is born a criminal , but people turn to crime gradually over time . Children require tender love and care to grow into ordinary law abiding citizens . Many criminals have been shown to come from broken families where love was lacking . A Family shapes a child 's personality it gives the kid the sense of who he or she is . In instills societal norms or simply socializes the kid to the

outside world . The family also acts as a mirror to the child . If the child is abused he will think something is wrong with him , that he is fundamentally unlovable and possibly irreparably flawed . To cope with this , the child may grow up to be a criminal

Criminal behavior may also be as a result of bad parenting . For instance , children or grow in divorced families , lacking father or mother may develop criminal behavior . In my opinion , a father in the home is an authority figure , besides boys require a mature male when growing up to be well balanced individuals . Mothers cannot play the father role in the home and that 's why kids of single mothers may turn to crime . Another reason is that mothers are more passive giving in too easily and often to even the most outrageous children demand . This will send the wrong message that one can get everything he /she wants in life and the child fails...