forensics - psychological - psychodynamic

Question 1

who is the founder of the psychodynamic approach?

Answer 1

FREUD

Question 2

for freud what is human behaviour governed by?

Answer 2

unconcious conflict that is rooted in childhood

Question 3

describe the superego

Answer 3

• develops at phallic stage
• morality principle
• moral stance of same sex parent
  -punishes ego for wrong doings

Question 4

what is the phallic stage?

Answer 4

3-6 years
odeipus and electra complex

Question 5

who assimilated freuds psychology to crime?

Answer 5

Blackburn

Question 6

what causes criminal behaviour for blackburn?

Answer 6

an inadequet superego

Question 7

what is the inadequete superego?

Answer 7

• defficient
• doesnt punish ego

Question 8

what is the concequence of inadequete superego?

Answer 8

the id is given free reign and not properly controlled so criminal behaviour is inevitable

Question 9

what are the types of inadequete supergo?

Answer 9

the weak superego
over-harsh SE
Deviant SE

Question 10

what is the weak superego?

Answer 10

if same sex parent is not present at phallic stage child cannot internalise their moral code and cannot identify with them. so criminal behaviour is more likeley

Question 11

what is the deviant supergo?

Answer 11

if the internalised behaviour is immoral theyre more likely to be immoral for example, through parenting etc

Question 12

what is over harsh superego?

Answer 12

crippled by guilt and anxiet that means they subconciously comit crime to punish supergo

Question 13

what else causes crime?

Answer 13

maternal deprivation

Question 14

Evaluate psychodynamic explanation for criminality

Answer 14

• methodological issues with bowlbys 44 thieves study
• lack of falsibibiliy - cannot be tested - always an instance that it is true
• correlation doesnt mean causation - materal deprivation doesnt = criminal could be other reasons for example genetics or nervous system
• freud implictly suggests females should commit crime than males but this is not true
• contradictory evidence - criminal parents could be genetics also absent ame sex parent doesnt mean criminal
  alternative explanations
  alternative explanations

Question 15

what topics in psychology is this theory based on and should be explained in an A01

Answer 15

freud - psychodynamic approach
- bowlbys - maternal deprivation - attachment

Question 16

for freuds explanation should males or females commit more crime

Answer 16

females

Question 17

for freud, why would females commit more crime

Answer 17

-> girls develop a weaker superego
-> girls do not experience castration anxiety, as much as men, they’re under less pressure to identify with their mother, so their superego and morality is less realized. this suggests females should be involved in more crime because they’re inferior moral agents.