CASE ANALYSIS

Case Analysis



Case Analysis

Question 1

In this scenario, psychological theory-based evaluations are used to treat and rehabilitate mentally ill inmates. Psychoanalytic theorists, such as American Association of Correctional Psychologists, (1980), believe that violent behavior is the result of a mental illness. From a Freudian perspective, mental illness may result from conflict within the criminal's mind or from an improper fixation during earlier emotional development stages. Psychological theories look to the psychological functioning, development, and adjustment of an individual to explain their criminal or deviant acts. According to American Association of Correctional Psychologists, (1980) psychological theory espouses handling the mentally ill ...