Criminology Theory for Illegal Narcotic

FORMATIVE
REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAINBODY...................................................................................................................................3
Criminology theory for illegal narcotic.......................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
RFERENCES...................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Criminology theory can be defined as the study of people behaviour like why they
commit crimes and why they behave weird in different situations. It supports to understand crime
and criminal justice. The brief study of the report helps to understand about illegal narcotic
which is considered in crime type and leads moral panic.
MAINBODY
Criminology theory for illegal narcotic
Illegal narcotic is considered in a crime type which is not only make personal criminal but also
leads moral panic. By consuming illegal narcotics creates various issues for the person who take
illegal narcotic and their family as well. To consume or have illegal narcotics regular basis leads
addiction in person and they become dependent on the narcotics. A person who is narcotic
addicted when they don’t get narcotic due to several reason in that situation, they commit crime
or act as criminal manner (Burke, 2017). Moral panic can be defined as the feeling a fear which
spread among public that several evils can become challenge for the wellbeing of society. Illegal
narcotic (illegal painkiller) is considered in crime type which is an evil for society because they
think a person who is narcotic addicted. They definitely commit crime in society and gives
negative impact on their children’s. To understand impact of illegal narcotic on social and
behaviour of person has a criminology theory. Criminology is the approach which helps to study
about crime on the basis of social view. The theory is not only identified social view for the
individual but also determines that what makes people to act in criminal manner (Wortley and
Townsley eds., 2016). Illegal narcotic is a type of crime so it is understood by the Psychological
theory. It is described below:
Psychological Positivism
It is categorized in to criminology theory which supports people to understand that people
attempted crime because of their internal psychological actors. Due to these factors they unable
to control on themselves and committed crime. Psychological positivists give assurance that
there are certain internal psychological elements which compel a person to commit crime. These
factors can occur due to financial issues, parents’ separation, feeling alone and negligence by