CRIMINALITY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS - ON THE APPLICATION AND SCOPE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS IN THE STUDY OF CRIMINAL DEVELOPMENT

• NCJ Number: 38298
• Journal: Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Volume: 59 Issue: 10 Dated: (OCTOBER 1976) Pages: 267-281
• Author(s): W KARGL
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: Carl Heymanns Verlag
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

CRITICISM OF PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACHES TO CRIMINOLOGY FOR CONTINUING TO FOLLOW FREUD'S METHOD OF ANALYZING HUMAN REALITY AS A RESULT OF BIOLOGICALLY-BASED PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL.

Abstract

IN ANALYZING THE CAUSES OF CRIME, PSYCHOANALYSIS HAS RELIED TOO HEAVILY ON DETERMINING THE IDIOSYNCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OFFENDER AND NEGLECTED THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NORMS IN THE CRIMINOGENIC PROCESS. THIS DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOANALYTIC CRIMINOLOGY IN GERMANY. --IN GERMAN. SUMMARY IN ENGLISH