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Psychoanalytic criminology

Psychoanalytic Criminology refers to a psychiatric approach developed by the Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud which emphasizes the role of Personality in human behavior, and which sees de viant behavior as the result of dysfunctional personalities.

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