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The Roots of Criminality (1958)

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Dr. Kelley retraces psychosexual development patterns of personality with emphasis upon the psychopath and sociopath. A series of vignettes illustrates lack of affection, parental rivalry, sibling rivalry, over-protection, and other child developmental influences and their potential future effects are indicated by Dr. Kelley. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)

Directors & creators

KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Criminology, Criminal psychology, Psychosexual development, Sociopathy, Psychopathy, Recidivism, Freudian psychology, Child development, Ego and Super-ego, Personality disorders, Character defects, Psychoanalytic theory, Parent-child relationships, Oedipus complex, Behavioral science, Socialization, Douglas M. Kelly, Mental health, Narcissism, Infantile development, Criminal behavior, Educational television, Social science history, Psychology of crime, Human behavior

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