ABSTRACT
We saw in the previous chapter that the rational actor model of criminal behaviour proposes that human beings possess free will and are, therefore, free to choose the behaviour of their own choice. The predestined actor model, in contrast, rejects this emphasis on free will and replaces it with the doctrine of determinism which claims to account for criminality in terms of factors – either internal or external to the individual – which cause them to act in ways over which they have little or no control. The individual is, therefore, both predestined to be a criminal while being a different category of humanity than non-criminals. Table 6.1 summarises the main points of the predestined actor model of criminal behaviour.
