Psy­chi­a­trist Dr Var­ma Deyals­ingh says a mix of so­cial, psy­cho­log­i­cal and bi­o­log­i­cal fac­tors can dri­ve the ex­treme vi­o­lence seen in some home in­va­sions, as he ad­dressed the is­sue dur­ing an ap­pear­ance on CNC3’s The Morn­ing Brew to­day.

He ex­plained that while many of­fend­ers en­ter homes in­tend­ing to steal, vi­o­lence can es­ca­late due to deep­er emo­tion­al and so­cial in­flu­ences.

“When you’re do­ing a home in­va­sion, some­times it’s re­al­ly a com­bi­na­tion of per­son­al his­to­ry, en­vi­ron­ment, and op­por­tu­ni­ty,” he said. “It’s not just tak­ing the be­long­ings for mon­e­tary gains, but it’s to teach them a les­son, to show them.”