Psychoanalytic criminology
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Psychoanalytic criminology is a method of studying crime and criminal behaviour that draws from Freudian psychoanalysis. This school-of-thought examines personality and the psyche (particularly the unconscious) for motive in crime.[1] Other areas of interest are the fear of crime and the act of punishment.[2]
Criminal behaviour is attributed to maladjustment[1] and dysfunctional personality.[3] According to Buhagiar, "psychoanalytic criminologists were not adverse to the principle of confinement, and often favored increased penality".[1]
[edit] History
Sigmund Freud published Criminality from a Sense of Guilt in 1916 in which, according to Belser, "[Freud] maintains that crime is committed by individuals with tremendous unconscious guilt and overdeveloped superegos who seek to be caught and punished".[2] Psychoanalytic criminology was further developed by August Aichhorn, Melanie Klein, Fritz Redl, and David Wineman.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Buhagiar, Lawrence (2006-07-01). "Criminals and their Scientists: The History of Criminology in International Perspective. By Peter Becker and Richard Wetzell (eds.) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, 492pp, {pound}60 hb).". Br J Criminol 46 (4): 766–769. doi:.
- ^ a b c Belser, Alex. The Re-emergence of Psychoanalytical Criminology. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
- ^ Hall, Prentice. Glossary - P. Criminology Today, 4ed. Pearson Education Company. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
