Cognitive-yolchelson &samenow 1976

Question 1

What’s the aim?

Answer 1

To understand the make up of criminal personalitys

To establish techniques that could be used to alter the personality dosorders that produce crime

To encourage an understanding of legal responsibility

To establish techniques that can be effective in preventing criminal behaviour

Question 2

What’s the method?

Answer 2

A series of interviews conducted with the pps over several years

Question 3

Who are the pps?

Answer 3

255 male pps

Various backgrounds - black whote , inner and outer city , suburbs , rich& poor

All confined to hospital due to being called not guilty in court by reason of insanity

There was no control group of non criminals

Question 4

What are the findings?

Answer 4

Criminals are :

• very restless dissatisfied
• continuously set themselves apart from others
• want to live a life of excitement at whatever cost
• habitually angry
• lack empathy
• feel no obligation to anyone except their own

Question 5

What’s the attrition ?

Answer 5

Of the 255 pps most dropped out of the study , -30 completed the interviews
-only 9 changed as a result

Question 6

What did the programme consist of ?

Answer 6

Programme consisted of Freudian based therapy to find the root of criminality in past lives

Expected to improve their behaviour

Question 7

What is this study about?

Answer 7

The criminal personality