Profiles of Violent Offenders

Profiles of Violent Offenders

Introduction

The scholarly work has focused much n criminology and reasons behind the offenses. Psychological and biochemical theories are significant accounts of understanding the reasons behind crime and human behavior. This paper aims to understand these theories to determine which theory is the best determinant of criminal behavior.

Psychological Theories of Violent Behavior

Freud (930) in his psychoanalytical theory argued that human beings are born with powerful instincts towards life and death, when death instinct is turned inwards, the result is self punishment and when directed outwards it results in aggression, and hostility leading to a destructive ...