The Outlaw and the Other
by Judi Jett
Humans are born into a control structure and taught to oblige authority from the very beginning because it is the key to the kingdom of comfort and survival. We enter into an unwritten contract with society that allows us to follow certain rules and expect ‘returns’ on our investment of working within a framework of authority and obedience to law. But here’s the rub. Since people do not have a stable identity it would not be unreasonable to argue that […]
Categories: Criminology, Law, Psychology • Tags: anxiety, authority, control, crime, criminals, criminology, desire, fantasy, Freud, identity, Lacan, law, obedience, outlaws, parenthood, prohibitions, society, the outlaw, violent crime