What are the social factors influencing criminal behaviour?
Describe social influences that may lead to individuals who engage in criminal behaviors.
This brief provides an introductory discussion of five areas of social risk factors for involvement in crime: family, education, economics, community and peers, and alcohol and other drugs. Parental behaviours play a strong role in shaping a child’s risk of later involvement in criminality.
Interrelated factors include poverty, poor housing, high levels of social inequality in society, low educational attainment, poor diet, low self-esteem, and impulsivity.
