Cognitive- Youchelson And Samenow

Question 1

Participants

Answer 1

255 criminals

Half pleaded NGRI

All from mental hospital in Washington DC

Only 30 completed interviews

Question 2

Methods used

Answer 2

Longitudinal study - 14 years

Working in mental hospitals

Question 3

What were the interviews finding

Answer 3

Psychoanalytical postulates, finding the root cause of criminal behaviour

Freudian therapy - changes in cognition

Question 4

Results : how many different thinking errors were found

Categories

Answer 4

52

• 3 categories made

Question 5

Results : what were the 3 categories that were made

Answer 5

1. Crime related thinking errors
2. Automatic thinking errors - e.g lack of empathy
3. Criminal thinking patterns e.g need for power

Question 6

How many people genuinely changed behaviour

Answer 6

9

Question 7

What was concluded

Answer 7

Criminals are for most parts in complete control of their life, any criminal behaviour is a result of the choice made by the individual

Criminals typically have a distorted self image and deny any responsibility for their actions

Question 8

Aim

Answer 8

To investigate whether criminals cognition differs to that of non-criminals