According to ciriminal psychology will a person doing one type of ciriminal activity will change to other
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Criminal behavior is not, itself, indicative of mental illness. If it were, perhaps it could be treated medically. However, some criminals are motivated to engage in illegal and antisocial behavior by underlying psychiatric conditions, especially those conditions that manifest themselves in symptoms such as lack of impulse control and lack of inhibition, hallucinations and delusions, paranoia, hyper-activity, and inability to concentrate or possession of impaired communication skills.
Persons suffering from personality disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, aggression, depression, adjustment disorders, and sexual disorders such as paraphilias are prone to criminal behavior, according to “Psychiatric Illness Associated with Criminality,” by William H. Wilson, MD, and Kathleen A. Trott, MD (www.emedicine.com/med/topic3485.htm). Illegal conduct can also stem from drug- or alcohol-induced psychosis or conditions caused by traumatic brain injury.
It might be easier for such persons to hide their mental illness in the online community, where they don't have to come into physical contact with others, than in the offline world. Cybercrime that is motivated by psychiatric illness can be difficult to investigate and solve, precisely because the criminal's motivations don't seem logical or rational. We can understand why a money-motivated offender commits crimes, even though we don't approve of the behavior. However, we might not be able to easily understand the actions of a mentally ill person.