Yochelson and Samenow Flashcards
What was the jobs of yochelson and same now?
Doctors who worked with criminals in a mental hospital
How long did the ‘project’ last?
14 years
What did they aim to understand?
The make-up of the criminal personality
What sort of techniques did they want to establish?
Techniques that could be used to alter the personality disorders that produced crime
What did they want to encourage an understanding of?
Legal responsibility
What did they want their techniques to be effective in?
Preventing criminal behaviour
How many males took part?
255, from various backgrounds
What sort of criminals were the participant?
Those confined to the hospital who had been found guilty but because of insanity
How was the data collected?
A series of interviews over a period of several years
How many participants completed the programme of interviews?
30 out of 255
How many changed as a result of the interviews?
9 out of 255
Why was Freudian- based therapy used?
To attempt to find the root cause of their criminality in their last lived
What were participants supposed to gain from the Freudian-based therapy?
To improve behaviour by stopping their lying, drug and alcohol abuse and theft from hospital supplies
How many thinking patterns were distinguishable in the criminal personality?
52
