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In approaching the topic of the violent criminal offender from a psychoanalytic point of view, it is important to realize that contemporary psychoanalysis is not a unified theory. The original Freudian theory has been modified and expanded into several overlapping but coherent and distinct approaches to human development, psy-chopathology, and treatment. Most prominent among these are modern structural theory (most closely associated with Freud’s drive theory), self psychology (associated with the theories of Heinz Kohut), and object relations theory (stressing the formative developmental impact of interpersonal relationships).
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Lerner, H.D. (1999). Psychodynamic Theories. In: Van Hasselt, V.B., Hersen, M. (eds) Handbook of Psychological Approaches with Violent Offenders. The Plenum Series in Crime and Justice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4845-4_4
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