NCJ Number
38298
Journal
Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Volume: 59 Issue: 10 Dated: (OCTOBER 1976) Pages: 267-281
Date Published
1976
Length
15 pages
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