What determines criminal behavior? Were they born to be natural killers, is it in their genes or is it a learned behavior? There are many factors that determine criminal behavior, from genes to environmental factors. Although criminal behavior is stated and believed to be biologically determined, there are even more learned or environmental factors that play a role in criminal behavior. There are believed to be four main social risk factors for involvement in crime. Parental behavior plays an important role in a child's risk of crime involvement because of parents' influence on child development (“Social Risk Factors for Crime Involvement”). Poor parenting supervision, mistreatment of a child, or the parent being a criminal can influence the child's subsequent involvement in crime. Education and wealth/poverty pose a risk for criminal behavior (“Social Risk Factors for Involvement in Crime”). Alcohol and drugs also influence criminal behavior, but crime in this context is often influenced by other factors, including mental health, temperament, location and peer influences ("Social Risk Factors for Crime involvement in crimes"). a role in criminal behavior. We begin to discuss whether people are destined for a life of crime. Scientists in the Netherlands, after studying one particular family, identified a specific genetic mutation that caused a chemical imbalance in the brains of some males in the family, which said it could explain why the same men were prone to violent outbursts (Connor).“ This is, however, the door to a moral minefield. If it could be shown that the criminal drive can be traced back to the genes, then, some would say,... half of the paper..., August 27, 2013. Web. April 20, 2014. .Moskowitz, Clara. "Criminal minds are different from yours, brain scans reveal." . Np, March 4, 2011. Web. April 22, 2014. Searles, Rebecca. “Genes and criminal behavior linked to University of Texas study.” The Huffington Post January 27, 2012: n. page Print."Social risk factors linked to involvement in crime." Ministry of Justice. NP, March. 2009. Network. 24 April. 2014. Wilson, Jeremy W.. “Debate Over Genetics as a Predictor of Crime and Criminal Conviction.” Student Pulse The International Student Journal 3 (): n. page Press.