Explaining Factors of Harmful Behavior and Strategies to Reduce Prevalence of Harm in Australia

ACR101 INTRODUCING CRIME &
CRIMINOLOGY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Explaining the factors that define harmful behaviour criminalized or not.............................3
2. Identifying age group of high risk of violent crime which is useful for criminology.............4
5. Identifying two strategies that can reduce prevalence of harm in Australia...........................5
9. Discussing the statement that cybercrime is more damaging to Australia than terrorism......6

1. Explaining the factors that define harmful behaviour criminalized or not
Harmful behaviour consists for any action that causes pain to someone. There are several
actions which has potential to occur even if they are conducted without any bad intentions. This
includes various factors that lead to malfeasance such as biological risk factor, negative social
environment, substance abuse and adverse childhood impact (Sinyor, M., 2018). Among these
factors, biological factor is the one which involve chemical makeup within the body. These
factors are not in hand of person and if their mind allows them to behave in harmful context then
this tends to be crime. These components result in depression of a person that leads in reduction
of patience. For example, the person who has lack of patience tends to show more unethical and
harmful behaviour in workplace.
Another element is negative social environment which enable person to commit crime.
This implied that is person is being in high crime neighbourhood then it can increase chances of
committing crime. Thereafter it can be stated that being with bad company stimulate other
person to commit crime of conduct harmful behaviour. Social environment is another factor
which plays important role in influencing harmful behaviour of people. Social cultures, values,
ideologies contribute in personality development of person (Butkovic and et.al., 2019). Thus, it is
very essential to avoid such surroundings that does not match with our values and harm
someone's feeling. It is seen that when person lives in poverty then it changes its thinking for
earning livelihood. As a result of this those who are in greed of having luxurious lifestyle tend to
commit evildoing like murder, kidnap, etc.
Further, substance abuse can also be interlinked with criminal behaviour. Some
intoxicants such as alcohol, cocaine, etc. also negatively impact the self-control and decision-
making process of an individual (Ross and Walker, 2017). This in turn may result person
committing any harmful behaviour as after consumption they are not in their senses. Another
factor is adverse childhood experience which impact negatively on person and may make his
mind to commit law-breaking activities. There is also relationship between mental disorder and
criminal tendency of human. Further, when a person does not have rational behaviour may
commit any transgression. This is particularly because of the reason that they are not in position
to differentiate between ethical and non-ethical activities. Mental disorder is considered as factor
for harmful behaviour as their nature becomes antisocial and violent.