Ever heard about a crime around you and wondered how do these criminals think and what drives them to hurt others? Criminal behavior has always been a focus for psychologists due to the debate between nature and nurture. Is it the responsibility of an individual's genetic makeup that makes them a criminal or is it the environment in which they are raised that determines their outcome? Criminal minds are complex. Most of them are seen as psychopaths, or mentally ill; however, what science is sure of is that criminal minds are physically and psychologically different, and the environment and surroundings influence their behavior. It has been established through research and various studies that genetics do influence criminal or antisocial behavior. Researchers agree on the point that genes influence personality traits and disorders. Believe it or not, a criminal's brain is not like yours. In fact, scans reveal a patch at the front of the brain in people with records for criminal violence. This patch lies in the brain's central lobe and appears as a dark mass on X-rays. After showing these people short films, Dr. Gerhard Roth said, "Whenever there were brutal and squalid scenes the subjects showed no emotions. In the areas of the brain where we create compassion and sorrow, nothing happened." Such experiment led Dr. Roth and many others to believe that some criminals are generally predisposed to violence. (Allan Hall, 5th of February 2013).
There are also cases where a criminal acts in such ways as a result of a tumor or an injury in his brain's central lobe; however, after an operation to remove the tumor, that person was completely normal again. Dr. Roth also declares that when there are developmental disorders in the lower forehead brain, he can tell that there's a criminal in the making with 66 per cent probability: it's easy to spot an antisocial behavior from an early age.
