PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Juvenile Delinquency, Social Control Theory, Social Learning Theory
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Chapter 3: theories of crime learning and enviro. Learning and enviro theories focus on: 1) lack of parental supervision, 2) procriminal role models, 3) +ve reinforcement from friends. Therapeutic techniques: free association, dream interpretations. Personality = development of 5 psychosexual stages: 1) oral, 2) anal, 3) phallic, 4) latent, 5) genital. Id = unconscious, primitive instincts = pleasure principle. Superego = internalize group standards: conscience, ego-ideal. Criminal beh = inadequate super-ego formation: 1) harsh superego neurotic criminal, 2) weak superego psychopathic criminal, 3) deviant superego superego standards developed but those standards reflect deviant identification- identify with deviant role model. Humans are inherently anti-social, pleasure-seeking, destructive impulsive. Set of psychic structures that develops thru childhood & adolescence forms dynamic personality systems. 1) bowlby"s theory of maternal deprivation: popular for how juvenile delinquency develops, disruption of mom-child relation = inability to establish meaningful relations. 4) hirshi and gottfredson: more refined, parsimonious general control theory.
