Rebel without a Cause
The Hypnoanalysis of a Criminal Psychopath
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14829707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edwin J Lukas, Robert M Lindner, Robert Lindner (0000-0002-6421-5778) |
| Year | 1946 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 333 |
| Publication date | 1946-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1931-1951 (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-2731 • E-ISSN: 2160-0015 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1138539 |
| OpenAlex | W2016719621 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This entire book is written around the partial contents of forty-six hours of hypnoanalysis of a criminal psychopath. Preceding the single case report the author makes a few general remarks about the nature of psychopathic personalities and their evolution. To this subject his discussions add nothing new. The method of hypnoanalysis is then outlined and many current misconceptions are negated. In this discussion the positive contributions are worth studying, but the author's gratuitous ridicule of other methods is distracting. Then come 260 pages of case history and details of forty-six hours work. This is given in great detail, although of necessity abstracted to some degree. Page after page of the patient's production are cited with only an occasional question from the therapist. In the later hours the author became more curious and asked more questions and makes a few interpretations. One misses the analytic work of the therapist until the
Criminology · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1964 - 2001 (38) |
| Highly cited | No |