Freud

• Summary: faulty early socialisation can result in the individual resolving unconscious conflicts between their id and superego
• Strength: This theory points to the importance early socialison + family relationships in understanding criminal behaviour
• Strength: Some influence on policies for dealing with crime and deviance
• Weakness: Critics doubt the existence of the unconscious mind
• Weakness: Unscientific and subjective. The psychodynamics claim that they can see into the workings of individuals unconscious mind to discover their inner conflicts and motivations