PSYCHODYNAMICS OF CHILD DELINQUENCY: ROUND TABLE, 1952

This article presents a symposium which attempts to cover another aspect of child behavior, which on the surface often looks not unlike the true psychopathic behavior except that the causation is known and the behavior is modifiable or correctible. An attempt was made to present a formulation of del...

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Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1953-01, Vol.23 (1), p.1-69
Main Authors: Karpman, Ben, Chess, Stella, Sontag, L. W, Schmideberg, Melitta, Lurie, Louis A, Rose, John A, Spencer, Harvey, Lambert, Anne, Cayley, Camille K, Gluckman, Robert M, Peck, Harris B, Robinson, J. Franklin, Lippman, Hyman S
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Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Child Psychology
Female
Human
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency
Male
Mental Disorders
Old Medline
Psychodynamics
Psychopathy
Social Behavior Disorders
Sociocultural Factors
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Summary:This article presents a symposium which attempts to cover another aspect of child behavior, which on the surface often looks not unlike the true psychopathic behavior except that the causation is known and the behavior is modifiable or correctible. An attempt was made to present a formulation of delinquency in terms of psychodynamics involved and the panel discussants presented cases that go far back into childhood and have been under observation for a number of years so that the results can be interpreted in terms of original causes. Suggestions were made for studying the delinquent through groups, by activity interview programs and by the organismic approach. Confinement is not considered a practical measure, the experience is likely to be traumatic, to be interpreted by the child as a final rejection. To conclude, participants and discussants who viewed the problem of juvenile delinquency from several varied and divergent viewpoints. There were people who emphasized the social and cultural aspects, while others emphasized the internal psychodynamic aspects; some who emphasized the purely physical factors, while others emphasized the deeper psychodynamic cases. In this way, it was enabled to learn the great variety of approaches presented by the problem of juvenile delinquency. Much is yet to be learned, but with the weaknesses inherent in many of these approaches already pointed out, we are enabled to arrange now for another symposium that will attempt to fill in the many missing points; and this will make for progress. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1953.tb00039.x