Abstract
This essay discusses the various causes of juveniles committing murder and looks at the possibility that some children are born with a predisposition towards violence and murder. Research has thrown up that there is a wide range of possible causes, some of which can – alone or in combination – trigger the ensuing violence. Causes that occur frequently and that therefore figure prominently in the results of studies are poor academic performance and school truancy, leading to the individuals concerned mixing with the wrong crowd and perhaps getting into trouble as a result, at the same time missing out on the school environment and ...
