Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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'Crime isn't always about desperation. Sometimes it's about decision-making.'

In this edition of the One Minute Criminologist with Oxford Lifelong Learning, criminologist and Departmental Tutor John Deane-O'Keeffe, who also teaches at City College Dublin, explores a common misconception about crime: that it's always driven by need.

From opportunity and social influence to emotion and excitement, he explains why people offend even when survival isn't at stake.