This article demonstrates how psychoanalytic thought, especially ideas by Adler, Reik, Deutsch, and Alexander and Staub, informed forensic psychiatry in the Netherlands from the late 1920s. An analysis of psychiatric explanations of the crime of infanticide shows how in these cases the focus of (forensic) medicine and psychiatry shifted from somatic medicine to a psychoanalytic emphasis on unconscious motives. A psychoanalytic vocabulary can also be found in the reports written by forensic psychiatrists and psychologists in court cases in the 1950s. The new psychoanalytic emphasis on unconscious motives implied a stronger focus on the personality of the suspect. This article argues that psychoanalysis accelerated this development in the mid-twentieth century, contributing to the role of the psy-sciences in normalization processes.

本文展示了精神分析思想，尤其是 Adler、Reik、Deutsch 以及 Alexander 和 Staub 的思想，如何从 1920 年代后期开始影响荷兰的法医精神病学。对杀婴罪的精神病学解释的分析表明，在这些案件中，（法医）医学和精神病学的重点是如何从躯体医学转向强调无意识动机的精神分析。在 1950 年代法医精神病学家和心理学家在法庭案件中撰写的报告中也可以找到精神分析词汇。对无意识动机的新精神分析强调暗示了对嫌疑人个性的更强关注。本文认为，精神分析在 20 世纪中叶加速了这一发展，促进了心理科学在规范化过程中的作用。