psychodymanic explanatient
of offending
Neo-freudians have taken Freud's explanation
behaviour and
of applied it
to
offending.
The researchers have used three concepts is unconscious processes that
protect our conscious
to explain crime: from extreme stress.
self
Superego
·
Inadequate
·
Defence Mechanisms Denial -
Refusing to accept that
they committed
·
Maternal Deprivationnotas strong). a crime.
Rationalisation -
explaining their crime in a
rationalway.
Personality has three components:Id, ego, superego.
The superego develops when a child identifies with Displacement -
Taking anger outon someone
the SS parent in the resolving the cedlopal/
process of else who clidnt
cause the
anger.
electra complex.
Sublimation -
Redirecting primitive impulses
Blackburn argues thatoffending behaviour is caused into more acceptable activities.
by an imbalance of
personality where the id isn't
x
There is little evidence to prove that
controlled enough.
increases
a sparent
growing up without
1. Weak Superego likelihood crime.
of
SS parent in phallic stage so identification
is absent
doesn't
occur the parents moral code isntinternalised
-
Tall
X
population numbers show more
so
morality isnt developed (id punished).
Isnt males than females. Goes againstfrend.
2. Deviant The
x
Superego components arent
personality
Child identifies with an immoral SS parentso empirical so we cannot them.
test
moral code. To them, their
internalises a deviant
behaviours are normal/moral. X criminals go to greatlengths to hide
their crimes- goes againstoverharsh SE.
3. Overharsh Superego
goes unpunished for something they fell
The child
they should be punished for, so acts immorally
to be punished and satisfy the need.
Freud suggests that girls are less morally
their SS
developed as they have less fear of
parent (no castration) during electra complex
so they should be more crime inclined.
of offending
Neo-freudians have taken Freud's explanation
behaviour and
of applied it
to
offending.
The researchers have used three concepts is unconscious processes that
protect our conscious
to explain crime: from extreme stress.
self
Superego
·
Inadequate
·
Defence Mechanisms Denial -
Refusing to accept that
they committed
·
Maternal Deprivationnotas strong). a crime.
Rationalisation -
explaining their crime in a
rationalway.
Personality has three components:Id, ego, superego.
The superego develops when a child identifies with Displacement -
Taking anger outon someone
the SS parent in the resolving the cedlopal/
process of else who clidnt
cause the
anger.
electra complex.
Sublimation -
Redirecting primitive impulses
Blackburn argues thatoffending behaviour is caused into more acceptable activities.
by an imbalance of
personality where the id isn't
x
There is little evidence to prove that
controlled enough.
increases
a sparent
growing up without
1. Weak Superego likelihood crime.
of
SS parent in phallic stage so identification
is absent
doesn't
occur the parents moral code isntinternalised
-
Tall
X
population numbers show more
so
morality isnt developed (id punished).
Isnt males than females. Goes againstfrend.
2. Deviant The
x
Superego components arent
personality
Child identifies with an immoral SS parentso empirical so we cannot them.
test
moral code. To them, their
internalises a deviant
behaviours are normal/moral. X criminals go to greatlengths to hide
their crimes- goes againstoverharsh SE.
3. Overharsh Superego
goes unpunished for something they fell
The child
they should be punished for, so acts immorally
to be punished and satisfy the need.
Freud suggests that girls are less morally
their SS
developed as they have less fear of
parent (no castration) during electra complex
so they should be more crime inclined.
