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Biological Factors: A Case Analysis Of When Kids Get Life

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On December 30, 1994, 17-year-old Levy Edmondson, shot Texas State Trooper Troy M. Hogue, point blank in the head with an antique British military pistol called a .455 Webley. Earlier that day, Edmondson, who was a deeply troubled youth, had stolen the gun out of his grandfather’s gun safe. He then went on a drug induced drinking spree, and ended up crashing his car on an interstate on-ramp near Big Spring, Texas. Trooper Hogue and a county deputy subsequently responded to what they thought was a routine DWI crash. When they began to question Edmonson regarding the crash, Edmondson inexplicably shot Trooper Hogue without any warning. Fortunately, the deputy was able to immediately wrestle the gun away from Edmondson without any further harm …show more content…

However, there were basically only two different types of crimes. The first type was crimes in which the children were suffering from abuse within the home and had killed a parent or parents. The second type of crime was where the perpetrator was committing a violent robbery, and subsequently killed a young victim for no apparent; or supposedly, “accidental” reasons (Bikel, 2007). One theory, that becomes apparent almost immediately when studying these cases, is the theory of Environmentally Induced Biological Factors (Bernard, 2016). Certainly there may have been any number of possible factors and theories that may have played a role in these cases. Theories such as, Inherited Criminality, Appearance, and even theories regarding the poor development of key areas of the Central Nervous System (CNS), could all be factors. But what really stands out, is how these biological factors may have interacted within the environment in which these children grew up (Bernard, 2016). Most of the children featured in the documentary were abused, delinquent, and often used drugs and alcohol. Any undetermined biological or physical factor as identified by the biological theories of crime, could very well have played a role when factored into the environmental conditions that the child was growing up

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