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Psychological Theories of Crime

Learning these criminology theories and how to put them into practice is a component of an online Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice degree program. For many students, understanding why people commit crimes is one of the major reasons they want to enter the criminal justice field.

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Psychological Theories of Crime

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  1. PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF CRIME

  2. Introduction  Understanding the criminology theories for why people commit crimes is essential to lowering crime rates and making society safer, as many who work in the criminal justice industry quickly discover. Three main psychological theories of time have been discovered after thirty years of study: psychodynamic theory, behavioral theory, and cognitive theory.

  3. THREE MAJOR PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF CRIME Psychodynamic Theory Behavioral Theory Cognitive Theory

  4. PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY

  5. PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY Sigmund Freud, a renowned psychologist, is largely responsible for this notion. He argued that everyone has irrational urges (also known as the "id") that call for fulfillment. According to Freud, the superego no longer keeps in check the id, which an instinctive drive stimulates to commit a crime.

  6. These urges are governed by moral and ethical principles (referred to as the "superego"), and as people grow, they also acquire a logical personality (referred to as the "ego") that acts as a mediator between the id and superego. This theory interprets criminal behavior as essentially the result of the superego failing. Id Superego MEDIUM TEXT

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