At what point can crime be explained because of the mentality of a criminal? In the book by Nicole Rafter and Michele Brown Criminology Goes to the Movies Crime Theory and Popular Culture defines psychological theory of crime, and uses the mindset of people as a reason some individuals commit crime. This view of wrongdoing can be shown in the movie shutter Island directed by Martin Scorsese that has an individual experiencing mental anguish that influences his criminal state. Throughout the film, there is an uncertain feeling that the main character is not completely sane, and as the movie continues he becomes more deranged. In Shutter Island, we dwell in the mind of a person dealing with mental illness and, how his actions can be understood using psychological theory of crime. Psychology has historically dealt
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The location is that of a secluded mental Asylum with people are there to be treated. Laeddis is a patient playing a detective named Teddy Daniels to find a way to cure his mental problems in a mental Asylum through role playing his fantasies, as he is traumatized by the death of his wife and children (Scorsese,2010). In the book when describing psychiatry, it states,” American psychiatrists tended to overrecommend institutionalization as a solution to mental health... treatment in hospitals for the criminally insane amounted to little less than torture” (Rafter and Brown 2011). The treatment of Teddy through Psychiatry could be considered torture as all the anguish and stress he is put in playing Teddy Daniles. In the book when mentioning the goal of psychology, it states,” psychologists can address the motives of individual criminals and the emotional pain (sometimes pleasure) of victims and offenders alike “(Rafter and Brown 2011)”. That what is achieved in the movie is the reason for Laedis motives, but not find a solution to his mental
The location is that of a secluded mental Asylum with people are there to be treated. Laeddis is a patient playing a detective named Teddy Daniels to find a way to cure his mental problems in a mental Asylum through role playing his fantasies, as he is traumatized by the death of his wife and children (Scorsese,2010). In the book when describing psychiatry, it states,” American psychiatrists tended to overrecommend institutionalization as a solution to mental health... treatment in hospitals for the criminally insane amounted to little less than torture” (Rafter and Brown 2011). The treatment of Teddy through Psychiatry could be considered torture as all the anguish and stress he is put in playing Teddy Daniles. In the book when mentioning the goal of psychology, it states,” psychologists can address the motives of individual criminals and the emotional pain (sometimes pleasure) of victims and offenders alike “(Rafter and Brown 2011)”. That what is achieved in the movie is the reason for Laedis motives, but not find a solution to his mental