... criminals. But it is undoubtedly a fact. In many criminals, especially youthful ones, it is possible to detect a very powerful sense of guilt which exists before the crime, and is therefore not its result but its motive. It is as if it was a relief to be able to fasten this unconscious sense of guilt on to something real and immediate (p.52). The psychoanalytic mind feels the need for immediate gratification. People of this type have feelings so strong that no matter what the consequences of their actions maybe, they feel a need to satisfy them. They will go to any means to fulfill this need for gratification. "Most analysts view delinquents as children unable to give up their desires for instant pleasure" (Adler, Mueller & Laufer, 2004, p. 86). The psychoanalytical theory focuses on the development of personality, the stages of development and the emotional problems reflecting ...

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