Gary feels like an outsider. He can’t seem to get a job despite his college degree and everyone looks at him as if he is going t
o steal from them. He is not a criminal and is tired of being treated like one. He is just about ready to commit another crime so he can go back to his friends on the inside. Why is this feeling common among parolees?
According to Freud, it occurs during the phallic stage of development which is somewhere between the ages of 3 and 5. According to him, it occurs to all children because they fear the loss of their genitals for some reason. Not many studies have been conducted on this topic.
