Research On The Mechanism Of Forming Criminal Activity And Criminal Mentality

How crime occurs is the original question of criminology, also a problem which perplexes the society for long. Only when we make clear the forming mechanism of crime can scientific anti-crime system be made. Criminal mentality mechanism includes forming mechanism of criminal mentality and occurrence mechanism of criminal activity and it is the generic term of the means and process how criminal mentality causes criminal activity. It is the theory to explain how crime occurs from the perspective of criminals' mentality, mainly focusing on the following 3 questions: 1. General process and discipline of how criminal mentality forms, explain the motivation and origin of criminal activity; 2. the process, steps and stages of criminal activity, study how criminal mentality causes criminal activity; 3.common model and special model of criminal activity.Demand in personality structure is the original impetus of forming individual criminal mentality. Demand is the need for the objects under certain living conditions. It occurs when there is some lack or imbalance of one's psychology or physiology. When one lacks sth, auto balance tendency and choice tendency appears and makes what he lacks to what he wants. Demand is an active element in one's psychology and activity and its development changes one's psychological structure and makes one take active action to fulfill their needs. Only a criminal has some demand could he form criminal intention and further commit crime.When the interior demand or desire is clearly noticed or some inducement activates the demand of the criminal and when the demand and imaginary criminal means forms the intention of committing crime, the criminal intention forms.According to the general theories of psychology, the motive is the inner reason to push individual to carry out a certain behavior. On the first stage, when the interior demand or desire is clearly noticed or some inducement activates the demand of the criminal and when the demand and imaginary criminal means forms the intention of committing crime, the criminal intention forms. On the second stage, when the criminal intention is combined with detailed criminal means and targeted goals and the criminal has finally determined to commit crime after psychological struggle, his criminal intention turns to be criminal purpose and then to be criminal determination. On the third stage, after criminal determination forms, under the guidance of criminal purpose, the criminal would usually prepare for the crime, such as making a plan, preparing tools, understanding the conditions of the targeted goal.Motivated individual seeks for or waits for opportunity to commit crime. Criminal intention leads the criminal activity for certain objective or goal. Once certain intention appears, the criminal has a clear criminal purpose or goal. The intention will restrict and guide the criminal's thoughts and activities and push them to fulfill the criminal's demand and realize his criminal purpose.The conversion of criminal motive happens in the process when they prepare and commit the crime. Unexpected situation during that process will influence their criminal intention to some extent. Because various subjective and objective factors change and interact with each other, the nature of criminal mentality might change in the positive or malignant way.