Why sexual crimes on public transport persist despite stricter enforcement

Despite various initiatives and stricter enforcement over the years, sexual crimes on public transport, which include MRT trains and buses, have persisted. Experts pointed to both biological and environmental factors for why perpetrators commit such offences.  Assoc Prof Olivia Choy, a biopsychosocial criminologist from NTU, said that research has shown differences in brain structure and brain activity between offenders of violent crimes, including sexual crimes, and non-offending individuals. However, she added: "Biology is not destiny, just as the environments that we grow up in and the experiences that we have do not 100 per cent determine our behaviour or life outcomes. Instead, our social environment and our biology are inextricably linked, and the combination of those influences shapes our behaviour."

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