CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Community Psychology, Psychoticism, Sigmund Freud
23 Jun 2019
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Most psychological theories entail one or two assumptions. Assumptions of offender deficit: ex: weren"t developed properly at birth. Motivation for material goods/ need for excitement. Ignores importance of situational and environmental factors on individual behaviour. Criminal vs non criminal binary is not reliable. Argues for less focus on defective properties of the individual. More emphasis on situational pathologies or environmental stressors that may alter an offender"s psychological state. According to freud, the personality is composed of three forces: Id : biological drives ex: i want a social status of having a nice car. Ego : directs the impulses of the id and acts as a reality tester ex: the ego. Superego : conscience ex: lets the person know what"s right or wrong in devises the plan about either stealing it etc society and what"s acceptable. Failure to develop a sense of morality and responsibility. Link between low moral development & delinquent / criminal behaviour.
