The Criminal Personality (Volume III)
by Samuel Yochelson, Stanton Samenow
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Author: Samuel Yochelson, Stanton SamenowEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1977-07-07
ISBN: 0876689012
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
Book Reviews of The Criminal Personality (Volume III)
Book Review: good, but outdated
Summary: 3 Stars
i've enjoyed all of samenow's works and the first two volumes are informative and useful. this volume though is terribly outdated. they continue with the philosophy of the criminal being responsible for his choices and behaviors. addiction for criminals is a choice and something they can work with. according to the authors, withdrawal is over-rated and for the most part, controlable. the book though, in discussing drugs is terribly outdated. they discuss the quality of street drugs being poor so that withdrawal is similar to the flu (p. 176). this is hardly the issue now. marijuana has a much higher thc count (14 - 21%) that it did in the 60s and 70s (1-2%) and can cause shrinkage/atrophy to the brain. meth also is devastating from a neurological point of view. most drugs today are a lot stronger and deadlier than those of the past decades. and needless to the say, names and street slang for the drugs and drug experiences have all changed too. all in all, i would stick to the first two volumes and skip this one.
Summary of The Criminal Personality (Volume III)
"The third in a series explicating the criminal mind, this volume summarizes observations, interpretations, and conclusions derived from a study of 121 criminal men who used drugs and/or alcohol to excess. Originally set in writing by Yochelson before his death in 1976, the materials were edited and updated by Samenow for publication. Systematic, probing and repeated interviews were used as the vehicle for gathering information on common mental themes among men apprehended and sentenced for criminal acts....Yochelson and Samenow attribute crime to a series of early irresponsible choices that predate drug use among drug-using criminals. Personality and personal choice variables are conceptualized as critical in initialing and maintaining use. In what is called an indiscriminate search for excitement, drug-using criminals are characterized as expanding their criminal repertoire while excusing their actions by rationalizations sometimes invented by sociologists, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Although these ideas are of considerable interest, the real value of the text lies in its intriguing presentation of drug-user thinking. Specifically, three chapters are well worth reading. The description of mental activities associated with such constructs as 'the high,' 'the nod,' and 'the rush' are probably on target for many drug users, whether criminal or not. The chapter explaining drugs as facilitators offers several notions worthy of systematic inquiry, as does the one devoted to principles for encouragement of behavior change.
Of perhaps greatest benefit to most readers are caveats regarding management of drug users in what may be seen as a cognitive-behavioral framework. Yochelson and Samenow contend that drug-using criminal men represent the architects of their criminal life-styles and that it is they themselves who can correct irresponsible thoughts and behaviors through application of logic over emotion."
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