Samenow's Approach to Criminal Behavior

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This paper explores Stanton E. Samenow's book 'Inside the Criminal Mind' and outlines the general strength of his argument as well as the surprising parallel between his doctrine of personal accountability and traditional Christian ethics. The paper notes Dr. Samenow's disdain for sociological explanations for criminality and also records some of the views of David Powlison, a Christian scholar whose work shares some of the same general conceits as Dr. Samenow.

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"One of the great mysteries of criminal psychology over the generations has been what precisely it is that motivates seemingly intelligent and - on the surface, at least - well-balanced individuals to commit illegal acts. For many years, it has been thought that social factors created criminals - or at least a great many of them. However, since the 1990s, Stanton E. Samenow has argued publicly that social factors really have nothing at all to do with criminal behavior; rather, people do wrong because their peculiar world-view privileges wrong-doing. The following paper will review Samenow's theory and argue that his work offers a compelling justification for such a view. "

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