Criminality and Deviant Behavior

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This paper explores the connections between criminality and deviant behavior in individuals who commit crimes in the United States. The paper suggests that the rapid rise in crime in the US has much to do with the rise of deviant behavior, which is also known as antisocial personality disorder. The paper discusses the psychology of antisocial personality disorder.

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"As previously mentioned, the rise in criminality as it relates to deviant behavior represents a very serious threat to American society and culture and to the very foundations of American democracy. According to Peter J. Loudson, the actual number of rapes, robberies, armed assaults, burglaries and other violent forms of crime experienced by Americans in 1993 totaled 43,622,006; between 1985 and 1993, the murder rate increased by 65% among men eighteen to twenty-four years of age and climbed an astonishing 165% among male children between fourteen and seventeen years of age (2001, 139). In 1992, there were more than 6 million violent crimes committed by these two groups of males, predominantly by those in the former group. However, less than half of these violent crimes were reported to law enforcement officials and only about 170,000 of the perpetrators of these crimes were ever convicted and sent to prison (Loudson, 2001, 140)."

Sample of Sources Used:

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