Psychoanalysis and crime control

Question 1

What did the crime control involve?

Answer 1

Freud seeing his patients 5 times a week, he brought these unconscious conflicts and repressed emotions into the conscious mind so they can be resolved

Question 2

What did Freud use in order to access the unconscious mind?

Answer 2

hypnosis and free association where the analyst gives the patient a word and they respond with the first word that comes into their mind

Question 3

Who is Aichhorn?

Answer 3

he applied psychanalytic ideas to policies for treating young offenders at the institution he supervised, they had uncaring or absent parents so they had failed to develop loving relationships

Question 4

What did Aichhorn reject?

Answer 4

the harsh environments of young offenders’ institutions at the time and treated the children by providing a happy and pleasant environment that would make development of the superego possible

Question 5

Is psychoanalysis effective?

Answer 5

nope!! Eysenck found 44% of psychoanalysis patients treated for neurosis showed improvement against 72% of patients treated by hospitals
most definitely won’t work for cirminals

Question 6

What is the cost and abuse of psychoanalysis?

Answer 6

costly and time-consuming so never been used on a large scale for treating criminals
psychoanalysis can give the power to define what is normal or abnormal
homosexuality= abnormal according to Freud which leads to abuse