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Psychodynamic Theory of crime
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The Psychodynamic Theory of crime was developped by Sigmund Freud, and he "believed that human behavior, including violence, happened because of unconscious thoughts or forces in a person's brain. These thoughts developed when a person was young and determined how a person would function as an adult". He did not intend to apply it to crime, but on human's general behaviour.
Matteo Soccio
Psychodynamic Theory of crime
Freud divided the human personality in three main aspects. The id is the the unconscious biological desire for basic requirements of a person, the ego are the need for wishes to be instantly gratified and the reaction that is stimulated when that happens or does not happen, and the superego are the moral norms and values of the community