This isn't about criminology, Yacov, Criminologists aren't psychologists.
This isn't about criminology? What?
This has EVERYTHING to do with criminology. There are many criminologists who ARE psychologists, the fields are so closely related, criminology is an extension of psychology. The psychology of crime is a HUGE area of study. You really have no idea what you're even talking about. Here's a definition of criminology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CriminologyI think you need to read that, because apparently you don't know what criminology is.
Criminologists study statistics based on criminal behavior..and there is NO proof that if a child is born into poverty that they'll be failures in life.
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You're wrong, criminologists don't just study statistics. What you're talking about is more of a criminal statistician. You're also wrong that there is no evidence that people born into poverty have a much statistically higher chance of being failures in life. There is a MOUNTAIN of evidence concerning this.
"You can't predict when or why a person has committed a crime until they've done it. Give 2 minute old newborns a fighting chance. Unless you expect them to pick pocket the nurses and car jack doctors right after they're born. Roll Eyes"
Of course you can never predict which person is going to commit a crime, but you CAN predict which person will have a statistically higher chance of committing a crime.
I'm not even going to respond to the baby pick-pocketing comment except to say that that's one of the dumbest things I've heard you say.
[/quote]Edit: You just said SOME criminologists are psychologists...that dosen't mean that they ALL are psychologists. WHat I'm saying is that psychologists say that children react to positivity. If I took one child out of the ghetto today, lets say around 10 years old, I could help her/ him out (if they had problems) by arranging councelling, spending time with them, and encouraging them, and BOOST their chances of never being a criminal. I choose not to look at the glass as half empty, even if I'm dealing with 50/50 odds.
Yacov, you're basically saying that a child, if born to poor parents will be a criminal...what's so different about me assuming you'd think a baby would pick pocket? The point IS that its dumb, your assumption as well as my comment.
I'm banking on encouraging children that they can do anything in life that will prolong it and make them prosperous. Take the encouragement away and you have people like you and newman talking down to little black kids saying that they'll be just like their 'jailbird dad' or 'crackhead mom'.