The immature personality and the law

Abstract

Human behaviour is the resultant of two components of the PERSONALITY: A. The ANATOMICAL Component is the brain and other parts of the nervous system through which MIND manifests itself. Thus defects in the structure of the nervous system give rise to an abnormal mind such as mental or intellectual deficiency or subnormality (backwardness, feeblemindedness). B. The MENTAL or PSYCHOLOGICAL Component consisting of: a. The INSTINCTS and their attendant emotions. b. The SELF or mediator or rational agent. c . The INTERNAL INHIBITORY or restraining system. In this paper I propose to deal only with the MENTAL or PSYCHOLOGICAL Component.