Causes of Crime as Explained by Buddhist Principles

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This research was conducted in 1986 and completed in 1987. In correspondence with the contemporary principles of criminology, three dimensions, namely mental, social, and physical problems were taken into consideration in the line of Buddhist principles. The results showed that the following factors were essentially responsible for man’s false views and eventually led man to committing crime : (1) greed, hatred, and delusion; (2) bad companions, crime victims, inefficient institutions, and prevailing poverty; (3) vunerable places, improper time, drugs, weapons, and beloved objects. Suggestion to solve the crime problems in line of Buddhist principles included the training and educating of mankind to have the right view by the aid of social institutions.