Rather than taking the time to understand the mind of individuals who participate in criminal activity and helping to break reoccurring cycles, the criminal justice system is quick to criminalize these individuals, thus failing to realize that, in reality, these acts are just cries for help. Typically, when a person commits a crime, it is because some crime has been committed to them. There is something from their past that haunts their present and, ultimately, their future. However, no one takes the time to consider this. Crimes such as domestic violence, drug abuse, and theft are not looked into as actual mental illnesses that could illicit this type of behavior but just as a wrongdoing that must be
Rather than taking the time to understand the mind of individuals who participate in criminal activity and helping to break reoccurring cycles, the criminal justice system is quick to criminalize these individuals, thus failing to realize that, in reality, these acts are just cries for help. Typically, when a person commits a crime, it is because some crime has been committed to them. There is something from their past that haunts their present and, ultimately, their future. However, no one takes the time to consider this. Crimes such as domestic violence, drug abuse, and theft are not looked into as actual mental illnesses that could illicit this type of behavior but just as a wrongdoing that must be