Psychological Theory Of Hollings

The personality theory discovered by Ferri suggests that the offenders are violent towards their partners due to the various types of personality styles and psychological characteristics such as mentioned borderline personality disorder (Dutton & Starzmoski, 1993). This would include the aggressive or hostile personality styles, narcissistic personality styles, extreme jealously and anxiety about abandonment but also high level of depressive symptoms which the judge mentioned that Hollings was suffering from depressive and anxiety disorders which could of have an impact on her actions that day. However, before this offence there was another showing of aggressive behaviour where Hollings wrapped her hands around her partner’s neck and chocked him for several …show more content…
The results of the sociologist Murray Straus found that both male and female are more likely to be able to commit such a crime. However, going back to Hollings conditions there was a possibility she was under the influence of illegal substances that caused the overly aggressive behaviour, in this instance she was not aware of her actions. After the hearing in the Court of the Appeal, the solicitor, which specialised in domestic abuse cases, stated that the increase of Hollings sentence will work as a warning that this kind of violence is being taken seriously. Using the positivist theory, they should focus more on the individual rather than the actual offence. Different critics of psychopathological approach for the domestic abuse argue that then this explanations may give the offender an excuse for their action (O’Leary, 1993). On the other hand if the carried out crime impacts the victim severely, then the court should pay attention to both to carry out a fair