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In 1907, at a meeting of the Vienna Psycho-Analytical Society, Freud is said to have expressed sorrow at the ‘nonsensical’ treatment of mentally ill offenders in prisons, and this marks the start of the contribution of depth psychology towards a more informed response towards acts of destruction. Nearly all violent crime is committed by adolescents, usually against other adolescents. Recent suicide bombings add urgency to the need to comprehend the complexity of the dilemma.