Summary of Stanton E. Samenow's Inside the Criminal Mind

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#1 There is a long-standing belief that criminals are victims of sociological, psychological, or biological factors over which they have little or no control. But as I worked with criminals, I found that they were making decisions based on thinking patterns rather than causes.

#2 The environment continues to be blamed for causing people to commit crimes, and the most common example is exposure to violence in entertainment. But millions of people watch violence in films and on television programs, and no one is turned into a killer because of it.

#3 The causes of criminal behavior are extremely complex, and there is no single factor that explains it. To ask why any crime occurs is like asking why human nature is what it is.

#4 The notion that poverty causes crime is not limited to the United States. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly cited the crime and poverty trap to which certain regions of the world are vulnerable. And in 2006, Joseph Donnermeyer and his colleagues wrote that social disorganization facilitates crime in both rural and urban areas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669377146

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

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Insights from Chapter 11

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Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

There is a long-standing belief that criminals are victims of sociological, psychological, or biological factors over which they have little or no control. But as I worked with criminals, I found that they were making decisions based on thinking patterns rather than causes.

#2

The environment continues to be blamed for causing people to commit crimes, and the most common example is exposure to violence in entertainment. But millions of people watch violence in films and on television programs, and no one is turned into a killer because of it.

#3

The causes of criminal behavior are extremely complex, and there is no single factor that explains it. To ask why any crime occurs is like asking why human nature is what it is.

#4

The notion that poverty causes crime is not limited to the United States. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly cited the crime and poverty trap to which certain regions of the world are vulnerable. And in 2006, Joseph Donnermeyer and his colleagues wrote that social disorganization facilitates crime in both rural and urban areas.

#5

The past two decades have seen a shift from focusing on root causes of crime to identifying risk factors. While not all of these factors are direct causes of crime, they do place people at risk for developing it.

#6

The concepts of risk and protective factors are applicable to cardiac disease or cancer, but not to criminality. If poverty causes crime, then one might expect a surge in crime during the severe economic recession that began in 2008 and lasted through 2011. But homicide rates throughout the United States plummeted to the lowest level since 1964.

#7

For decades, it was not politically correct to investigate whether biological factors play a role in criminal conduct. However, now it is accepted that criminals have broken brains, and this field of neurocriminology has emerged.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The brain is shaped by the mind, and the mind is shaped by the brain. The theories about potential causes of crime are endless, and they all focus on parents. But children are not clay, and they are not completely dependent on their parents.

#2

It is important to remember that you can’t predict