linsey- individual- physchodynamic

• sigmund freud id:

  pleasure principles, unconscious, instinctive, selfish, representing primitive desires.
• sigmund freud- super ego:

  representing moral and social constant, conscience/ moral rules learnt when we are punished
• sigmund freud- ego:

  reality principle, the I trying to strike balance between desires and conscience
• sigmund freud- linkes to crime summary

  A weakly developed super ego- anti social, satisfy urges at any cost impulsive, narcissistic behaviour, less guilt. crimes= assault, burglary, theft, sex offenders. Too unforgiving super ego- deep seated guilt, craves punishment, compulsives, repeat offender Crimes= shoplifting, property crime Deviant super ego- socialised into a deviant moral code Crimes= gang violence, bank robbery
• problems with freud:

  Ignores the biological/genetic factors that influence and contribute to mental health problems and crime, u realisable unscientific so explanation of criminality is flawed, can't measure unconscious mind to discover inner conflict and motivations, too subjective, small scale case studies
• who is John Bowlby:

  early childhood experience, had a nanny, went to boarding school. maternal attachment = change in hospital rules, childhood separated from parents (anxious, attachment styes)
• John Bowlby- maternal deprivation:

  found a link between maternal deprivation and deviant/anti social behaviour, without a mother children don't develop correctly resulting in long term cognitive social and emotional difficulties, affection less psychopathy. Evidence= studied 44 thieves, 39% separated from their mother for longer than 6 month before the age of 5
• bowlby problems:

  an over focus on mothers as the sole cause of criminal behaviour, some children kept in isolation with viral diseases didn't suffer from maternal deprivation, material deprivation can have a stronger correlation to crime then maternal
• psychoanalysis theories + policy ruducing crime:

  psychoanalysis therapy= hypnoisis and free association often 5x a week often for serval years, this would help the super ego to be fixed reshaping thinking patterns and overcoming trauma
• family policies:

  gov incentives to encourage preferred parenting styles and commitment to children and family structure (e.g. proposed tax breaks for married couples), parenting classes and support for mothers
• phsychodynmamic theory and policy- reduce crime,


  psychoanalysis therapy- hypnosis often 5x a week for several years. help the super ego to be fixed reshaping thinking patterns + overcoming trauma often a neglect of a parent