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The Sensuality of Criminal Behavior



        internal drive mechanism             hasty generalizations,               generate the imagery of
        by which we experience               based on theoretical con-            misguided social policy.
        life. In that exploration,           structs, confuse the matrix  And, ruse illusions of

        people are capable of the            of human motives. In our             psychological quick fix
        heinous of actions. In the           own sexually frustrated              schemes.

        psychic regions of the               confusion, we foster a
        “mind”, we’re attracted              maze of Fallacies of infer- During all this fiction
        to an internal illumination  ence. Then, set about to

        that offers varying shades           support the hypothesis by
        of darkness. In consider-            the vice of limited statisti-

        ation of criminal behav-             cal data.
        ior, criminals often boast
        about their sexual powers.  As a result, we contrive

        Regarding the criminal               templates of stereotypic
        inclination, being “sexu-            labels for “one-size fits

        ally potent” is the essence  all” categorization. This
        of asserting one’s power,            in turn reinforces sim-
        dominance and control                plistic forms, images and

        over another. Eroticisms             static comparisons, mak-
        manifest and transcend the  ing one human look like

        consensual interactions,             everyone else. Behavioral
        and drive into the nature            reductionisms allow for
        of the conquest. The stim-           the pop culture’s fascina-

        ulation of the biological            tion with “psychic detec-                                                                        Photo Courtesy of google.com
        urge finds an outlet in ac-          tives and serial profilers”.  in the erection of myth,

        quisition of another person  Uncomplicated and easy                       magic and metaphor, we
        or property.                         to explain, theories turn            overlook the essence of
                                             magic tricks into side-              human motivations. The

        By contrast, in western              shows of distorted belief            self-centered willfulness
        cultures, we have learned            systems. Make fools of the  of naturalistic prurient

        to restrain innate natural-          sages, confound the public  passions. A kind of mir-
        istic tendencies. Instead of  and spin news into media                    rored reflection of one’s
        liberation, we embrace op- entertainment. In the my-                      duality in both good and

        pression of the inner urges  thology of getting “inside  evil. Sometimes it’s pro-
        we feel. As a replacement,  the criminal mind”, we                        creative, sometimes rec-



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