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Freud's Theory This approach to the explanation of criminal behaviour is known as the Psychoanalytic Approach. This approach stresses the importance of irrational, unconscious motivations in criminal behaviour and is largely based on the:> ID - biological part of the personality: self-pleasure.> EGO - executive part of the personality: reality.> SUPEREGO - moral/judicial part of personality. Freud suggested that a dysfunctional superego is likely to lead to criminal behaviour. How does a dysfunctional superego form? According to Freud, the parents will have the biggest impact on the development of the child's superego. If the boy fails to identify with his father- for reasons such as the father is rejecting, absent or weak, the *Oedipus conflict is not resolved and the young boy will develop a weak superego. On the other hand, if the boys father is over strict then the boy s likely to over identify with him thus leading to...

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