Throughout time there have been many different reasons associated with why people commit crimes. It has been said that crimes are committed because of criminals past and the way that they grow up. Many people also feel that crimes are associated with the criminals minds or are simply due to the fact that a person was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Scientists have done research and feel that there are many things that are genetic. A fairly new question that is being asked is the question of genetics and crime. Is crime genetic? Many geneticists feel that crime is somewhat genetic, and may even be more genetic than they know.
             In Tabitha M. Powledge's article that appeared in the magazine BioScience in 1993, she expresses the point that crime and genetics are related. She also stated that knowing this was not going to be enough information to contribute significantly to helping or preventing crime. Scientists have found that "more than 80% of those arrested for any crime, and more than 90% of those arrested for violent crime, possess a Y chromosome." (Powledge) This somewhat proves the theory that crime is related to genetics. Besides the Y chromosome there is really no other gene that is related to crime according to Powledge's article. She states "Like other complex traits, most behaviors appear to result from the actions of multiple genes, with generous input from outside the DNA as well." (Powledge) This shows that there is probably no one gene that will cause a person to commit a crime. In a conference held about genetics and criminal behavior in 1992, one of the conference's members, Margaret McCarthy gave an excellent metaphor with lemonade about how genes affect crimes. She said that lemonade is compounded from many different ingredients such as lemonade and sugar. According to McCarthy these ingredients are inseparable. This is the same as with genes. There is no s...