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Describe your image of a criminal. What do you think has influenced your thinking? Has it changed over time?
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Throughout my life, I held the belief that a criminal was someone that had committed crimes without any forethought to their actions and did not consider the consequences. I was influenced by my upbringing by both family and society.
As I have grown into adulthood and experienced my viewpoint on criminals and the judicial system has changed.
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For a long time, I considered a criminal to be someone who broke the law and got caught. Now, I am learning that there are many different ways to explain the term. I feel that a criminal could be someone who is not connected to God and does not have the relationship with Him that would potentially affect their decision-making and their life overall.
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A unique individual who needs all the things everyone of us need. A desire for God.
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Criminals are people who have never experienced the love of God that would keep them from making poor choices. I have been the criminal and the only thing that changed my life was the love of God and the transformation of the salvation from Jesus. My thinking has changed over time because I have grown in maturity in Christ.
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My image of a criminal is one who feels like they have nothing to loose. Crime usual starts for one of several reasons one dominant influence, lack of need, or possibly mental illness. I use too be one of those type of people. God, changed me and wants to use that for the better good.