Criminal State of Mind

What is a criminal? Is it some one who kills random people, or rape innocent children just for their sick twisted pleasures. If that is your definition of a criminal then you are wrong on so many different levels. The people that are in jail for killing random people or raping innocent women and children are criminals but they are not the only people that are. Every one has criminal tendencies but most people do not act them out but the ones that do get caught and are thrown in jail for a long time or probably life. If you thought about stealing or even driving through a red light, you are a criminal. A criminal is not some one who does horrific things they are people that does the wrong thing but get caught. Just because you did not get caught when you drove through that red light or stole some candy does not mean you are not a criminal, you are.
I my self can be seen as a criminal because i have done some things that are not appropriate. I have stolen before, nothing major maybe just some candy or a little bit of money that was not mine. But overall i am a criminal but i was not caught for what i did and i was not thrown in jail so people would not see my as a criminal. People do not look at the regular people on the street as criminals because they were not caught for anything. Only the people behind bars are the criminals in the eyes of the people. But i personally think we all are criminals, because we all have criminal tendencies.