3CRIMINOLOGYmother she could never be. Yoselyn in 2012 testified to the police that she committed the murderbecause she had money issues and has resentment towards the parents despite the family helpingher monetarily in numerous circumstances (SALLEH, 2018).Criminology arose is the mid 18th century as social philosophers started delving deep intothe concepts of law and crime and over the time numerous schools of thoughts in this fielddeveloped. Cesare Beccaria and Jeremy Bentham and some other philosophers belonging to theclassical school argued that individuals act in the basis of free will and that people are hedonistswho tend pain and seek pleasure. The said that if sufficient punishment was given to thehoffenders which outweighed the benefits of the crime, that can cause people to deter fromcriminal behavior (Ignjatović & Stojanovic, 2010). According to the positivist school of thought, the argument was put forward that criminalbehavior is the outcome of external and internal factors over which individuals have less or nocontrol. Cesare Lombroso also known as the father of Criminology took a scientific approach tothe study, where he tried to find out empirical evidences of physiological and biological traits ofcriminals. According to this school of thought, criminals are not made but born, which means itis nature and not nurture. However, urban psychologists tried to understand criminal behavior indifferent lights of social and psychological behavior (Ignjatović & Stojanovic, 2010).. According to the Social disorganization theory, which is based on the works of CliffordR Shaw and Henry McKay, individuals perform criminal activities because of economicdeprivation and poverty and because it is valued in their community. Another approach tocriminology is that of the social bonding and control theories which suggest that everyindividual has a tendency to commit deviant acts and puts a light on why individuals control the

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