Täterpersönlichkeit

16:41 Apr 25, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Psychology
German term or phrase: Täterpersönlichkeit
Jill Rabenau


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3 +1criminal personality
Donald Scott Alexander
4offender personality
Lioba Multer
2delinquent personality
Rolf Keiser


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criminal personality


Explanation:
"Thenew notion of the 'criminal personality' (Taterpersonlichkeit) in the GDR, in contrast to earlier notions, emphasized personality as a..."
http://gh.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/22/2/181.pdf

"... the recidivist criminal as a 'genetically determined criminal personality' ... '...bedingte Taterpersonlichkeit'..."
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZwPrhiFOLowC&pg=PA413&lpg=P...

"Diese über die Täterpersönlichkeit hinsichtlich der Impulsivität, ... mit Namen „Criminal Personality Research Project“, das in den Jahren von 1979 bis 1983 ..."
PDF! http://www.zhaw.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/psychologie/Downloa...



Donald Scott Alexander
Local time: 19:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  Rolf Keiser: likewise, a valid term
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delinquent personality


Explanation:
without any context I can only assume what is meant is a person that that exhibits a personality which can be identified as tending toward criminal acts

Rolf Keiser
Switzerland
Local time: 20:39
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offender personality


Explanation:
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Lioba Multer
United States
Local time: 11:39
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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