psychic determinism

• psychic determinism would see offending behaviour as being due to unavoidable psychological processes
• BLACKBURN suggested 3 types of superego may result in a person demonstrating offending behaviour
• the superego is an unconscious part of the personality identified by FREUD that governs our moral behaviour
• the weak superego allows the immoral ID to govern our behaviour
• the deviant superego encourages immoral behaviour
• the over-harsh superego seeks immoral behaviour to gain punishment
• offending behaviour is viewed as originating in the unconscious mind which we have not conscious control over