Criminology - individualistic Theories

• Freud's Psychodynamic Theory - The Three parts our personality


  The 3 parts are the

  1. Id
  2. Ego
  3. Superego
• Freud's Psychodynamic Theory - What is the Id like?


  The Id is responsible for the urge to immediately pleasure desire. E.g. stealing shoes when you don't have the money for them immediately.
• Freud's Psychodynamic Theory - What is the Ego like?


  The Ego is the mediator between the two (Id and Superego)
• Freud's Psychodynamic Theory - What is the Superego like?


  Extremely uptight and loves to follows rule. It wants follow societies morals, norms and values
• Freud's Psychodynamic Theory - The different types of Superego

  The Weak Superego

  This is where the same sex parent is absent so the Superego is not fully formed meaning the child will criminal or immoral behaviour
• Freud's Psychodynamic Theory - The different types of Superego

  The Deviant Superego

  The same sex parent is immoral or deviant themselves. This leads to the child internalising it
• Freud's Psychodynamic Theory - The different types of Superego

  The Overly Harsh superego

  This is where the Parent is to too strict and controlling causing the child's Superego to lash out from all the guilt and anxiety from it.

  They may commit crimes to satisfy the Superegos new desire for punishment
• Freud's Psychodynamic Theory - Evaluation


  A strength of Freud's theory

  There is research evidence to suggest that abuse or neglect in a childhood increases the risk of violent crimes by 30%
• Freud's Psychodynamic Theory - Evaluation


  Freud's study suggest that women have weaker Superegos than men, this would mean that women have weaker morals and are more likely to commit a crime than a man. However in crime statistics this is not the case. This means his research is not accurate
• Bowlby's Psychodynamic Theory - Maternal Deprivation 


  Bowlby believed in the importance of the monotropic attachment.

  He said that if them mum was not present for the critical period (3 years) the child could become an affectionless psychopath.