1. DC Area Snipers  malvo malvo

2. John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo  19 Sniper Attacks  13 Deaths

3. Muhammed  41 Years Old  Gulf war Veteran  Twice Divorced  Islam Convert

4. Malvo  Mother Abandoned Malvo to Muhammed

5. When Do Serial Killers Stop Killing?

6. Only When They are Caught or Killed

7. There are at least 50 Serial Killers Active in the United States Today

8. This Lecture Section Will Explore

9. Psychology and Criminality

10. Psychoanalytic Theory I was Guilty Even before I committed the crime.

11. Psychoanalysis  The Actions and Behavior of an Adult are Understood in Terms of Childhood Development  Behavior and Unconscious are Related  Criminality is Psychological Conflict

12. Psychodynamic Perspective Something that Happened in the Past Affected the Way a Person is Today

13. Psychodynamic Perspective Looking Deep Into the Mind of the Criminal will Unlock why a Person Commits Criminal Acts

14. Psychoanalytic Theory: Criminal Behavior comes From 3 Possible Causes:  Overbearing Conscience  Weak Conscience  Immediate Gratification

15. Overbearing Conscience  A Conscience so Overbearing it Arouses Feelings of Guilt

16. Weak Conscience A Conscience so Weak it Cannot Control its Impulses

17. Immediate Gratification  Immediate Satisfaction of the Impulses of a Person

18. Case Study: Richard  6 Years old When He Committed his First delinquent Act  Stole a Comic Book

19. Richards Parents  Father, an alcoholic  Killed in an Automobile Accident  Mother Abandoned her Children

20. Richard  In and out of Foster Homes  Daytime Burglaries  Night Time Auto Thefts  At 20 Years Old, Received 10 years for Armed Robbery

21. Richard  Being Caught for Stealing made him feel less Guilty  About Hating his Mother and Father  Stealing did not Violate his Principles  Stealing Gave Richard Immediate Gratification

22. Text Page 153 Figure 6.2 Psychodynamic or Psychoanalytic Theory

23. Viennese Psychiatrist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)  Abnormal Behavior comes from Interruptions in a Person’s Development  The Period of Interruption is a Fixation

24. Psychodynamic Theory  Unconscious Conflicts  Defenses  Tendencies  Anger  Sexuality

25. The id, ego and superego Human Personality Contains a Three Part Structure

26. The id  The Primitive Part  Seat of all Irrational, Antisocial and Instinctual Behavior

27. The ego  The Conscious or Rational Part of the Mind: Reality Principle  The ego develops when a child finds that some things cannot be immediately gratified

28. The superego  The Moral Judgment of the mind  Passes judgments on behavior  Divided into two parts:  Conscience  Ego Ideal

29. Psychosexual Stages of Development : eros  Oral Stage  First Year of Life  Anal Stage  Second and Third Year  Genital Stage  Third year to Latency  Latency  Sixth Year to Puberty  Genital  Puberty to Adult

30. Fixation Interrupted or Incomplete Development at any Stage

31. Complexes  Oedipus Complex  Males with Sexual Feelings for Mothers  Electra complex  The Female Version

32. Abnormal Behavior  Neurotics  Psychotics  Schizophrenics  Inferiority Complex  Identity Crisis

33. Neurotics  I am Losing control of my Mind  IF DOMINATED COMPLETELY BY id: Psychotics  Add Hallucinations, voices and odors: Schizophrenia: MARKED BY INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSES

34. Inferiority Complexes  Appear to Have a Drive to Superiority  Adler(1870-1937)

35. Treatment of Mentally Defective Criminals  They are not Evil and Sick Persons  They are not Responsible for their Actions  Punishment will only Complicate Treatment  Why Not Just Release Criminals?