Psychodynamic appraoch to offending

Question 1

How and who devised psychodynamic approach explain offending behaviour

Answer 1

Blackburn - Inadequate super ego can be weak, deviant or over harsh

Question 2

how does weak/ underdeveloped super ego cause offending

Answer 2

Same sex parent is absent during phallic stage. Child can not internalise full formed super ego as no opportunity for identification. ID Takes over no morality

Question 3

How does deviant super ego affect offending behaviour

Answer 3

Child internalises immortal or deviant values, does not see it as wrong so no guilt

Question 4

how does over harsh/ over developed super ego affect offending behaviour

Answer 4

internalise super ego due to strict same sex parent- crippled by guilt leading to harsh super ego. ID acts on impulse as major anxiety. Unconsciously want to be caught to satisfy super ego need for punishment

Question 5

how does Bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation explain offending

Answer 5

Abuse on early childhood results in affection less psychopathy- lack of feeling/ guilt

Question 6

What is a limitation of the psychodynamic approach regarding gender

Answer 6

The approach is Androcentric, Freud saw women as inferior- stated that they had under developed super ego. This means they should offend more which isn’t the case- can not be generalised

Question 7

Name one limitation in of psychodynamic approach

Answer 7

Unconscious concepts, lack of falsifiability. Can not use scientific concepts to test this. Popper- Puedoscuence

Question 8

What is contradictory evidence in relation to psychodynamic approach to offending

Answer 8

Little evidence children wout same sec parent commit crime. Contridicting weak super ego.
Similarly if raised with parents that show pro criminal attitudes could be due to socialisation not deviant super ego.