Johnny Ch Lok

Introduction To Psychological Behavior Johnny Ch Lok

Some psychologists say that criminal behavior has its roots in the psychological set up of an individual. During the gradual psychological development of an individual, some mental weaknesses take shape. These weaknesses became the causes of criminal behavior. Mental instability and criminality are closely related. Disappointment, conflict, feeling of criminality, mental shocks etc. will be these criminal behavioral people's characteristics. Circumstantial elements may include family circumstances factor, the family is looked upon as a powerful cause of forming good or bad personality developments. The very important task of a family is to socialize an individual and to impact social rules and to develop the individual culturally. So, that the individual becomes a responsible citizen. But, under certain circumstance this family responsibility fails and the members of the family tend to becomes criminals. Thse size of the family factormeans a big or a small family is respectively denoted by the number of members in the family. More members make a big family and fewer members make a small family. More members make a big family and fewer members make a small family. Usually in a big family, there will be difficulties regarding food and management. In such large families, generally children tend to become criminals. Discontendedness in the family factor means if the inter-relation between parents and children are not complacent, or instead of love, binding, sympathy, loyalty, co-operation, belief, dedication there are conflict easily, disbeliefs, selfishness, unreasonable behavior, rivalry in the family, then the members of the family especially the children behave in a dissatisfactory manner. From this, the criminal attitude arises. Fallen family factor includes the person or persons of a family are involved in drinking, extra marital relations, polygamy and criminality. Absence of orderliness in the family means that the duty of the family guardians is to be attentive towards the socially acceptable behavior of individuals and children in the family. They don't find time as they are involved in their own duties. Further, they do not have desire or they are ignorant and they have undue or over belief in their children.