Psychoanalytical Theory
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was the first person to initiate the thought
of psychoanalysis. According to Friedlander (1947), classical Freudian
psychoanalytic explanations of delinquency focus on abnormalities or
disturbances in the individual’s emotional development from early
childhood. Since then many people have amended his original writings
and presently there are numerous versions Freud’s original
psychoanalytical theory. Many of these recent versions are similar to
the original version with the exception that they are updated to
current times. Few new models are extremely different from Freud’s
theory.
Adler, Mueller, and Laufer (2004) describe the psychoanalytical theory
as follows: “In criminology, a theory of criminality that attributes
delinquent and criminal behavior to a conscience that is either so
overbearing that it arouses excessive feelings of guilt or so weak
that it cannot control the individual’s impulses” (p. G-6). Freud
stated in the text “The Ego and the Id” (1961) that
it was a surprise to find that an increase in the Ucs. sense of guilt
can turn people into criminals. But it is undoubtedly a fact. In many
criminals, especially youthful ones, it is possible to detect a very
powerful sense of guilt which exists before the crime, and is
therefore not its result but its motive. It is as if it was a relief
to be able to fasten this unconscious sense of guilt on to something
real and immediate (p.52).
The psychoanalytic mind feels the need for immediate gratification.
People of this type have feelings so strong that no matter what the
consequences of their actions maybe, they f...
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