Have you ever wondered what enters a person's mind when they decide to commit a
             horrible crime such as murder? I have often read of such brutal cases in the
             newspaper or on television and was curious as to what they were thinking and why
             they had done it. What would make a person take another's life? Many doctors will
             often try to analyze the mind to seek out those answers. They usually discover more
             knowledge of the individual by closely examining or questioning other family members
             and the type of childhood this person has had but what often confuses me is when
             someone has had no history of abuse and so forth, then what is the reason for
             comitting such an act? Is it because of genetics or environmental influences? After all
             the interesting researching I've done, I can honestly say that I can not take sides on the
             nature vs. nurture debate because I believe together, they both shape us, although if I
             had to choose one, I believe nurture plays a bigger part in who we become as adults. I
             believe a person gets certain traits from their parents. These traits include everything
             from the person's sex to their mental abilities or problems. The traits are hereditary
             because they are passed on through genes. They even inherit abilities of their parents,
             such as an natural talent for music. It is believed though that children are not born with
             a natural affinity for violence and crime since "there is no such thing as a crime gene."
             (Moir & Jessel) You can inherit a predisposition to crime but you will not necessarily be
             a criminal if "you can suppress" (handout) the trait. "It is also believed the way parents
             raise their kids, within reason, does not matter at all. Parents do not have any
             important long-term effects on the development of their child's personality apart from
             the genes they have inherited" (Yang) but instead it's
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