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NEGLECT AND CRIME - PROFILE OF A CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY

NCJ Number
37394
Author(s)
H DECHENE
Date Published
1975
Length
444 pages
Annotation
REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS OF CRIME CAUSE THEORIES BASED ON A PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT IN THE PERSONAL HISTORIES OF JUVENILE AND ADULT OFFENDERS.
Abstract
DISCUSSED ARE SYMPTOMOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION AS DERIVED FROM VARIOUS APPROACHES OF PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS, AND SOCIOLOGISTS. ALSO DISCUSSED IS HOW THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FAILS TO CORRECT OR EVEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CONSEQUENCES OF NEGLECT IN THE OFFENDER'S PAST. --IN GERMAN