Crime in society :: essays research papers

What is this world coming to? Our society is losing its authority. Why is there so much crime in society? There is so much because there are so many people that never consider the other person that they are stealing from or causing harm to. All of these people are self-centered and never think who they could be hurting but what they are going to gain from the crime whether it be happiness or self-respect they don’t think of the consequence or how the person on the other side of the crime feels. The reason why this is, is because the parents today are not cutting it. They are not teaching their children the difference between right and wrong. How come Aristotle says that society perfects human but yet no one is perfect? If our parents would take a little more responsibility with their children we wouldn’t have so much crime. Our parents are not putting enough restriction on the kids. There are letting them roam free because they feel guilty when their children complain and cry so they let them have their way. On a few cases the parents try their best but they still grow up to be some of the unfortunate cases that still commit crimes. These types of criminals are the ones that have an influence to commit crimes. Most of the time the main influence is peer pressure. Usually the person wants to fit in so he commits a crime thinking that he will be excepted. There are also very few cases of when the person grows up and unfortunately has a natural desire to break the rules. Fortunately this can be corrected from grammar school if caught early, if not it can lead to horrible consequences. If parents are lucky they can raise a normal child that will lead to a good life with much to gain from a few years of hard work to many years of happiness and feeling that you have completed your mission as a parent to raise a good child. I think what Aristotle is trying to say when he says that society perfects humans is that without society we would be farther away to perfection than we are now. I disagree with this because no matter what influence you have it is impossible to be perfect. Which means that society or government or anything else has nothing to do with the