Bank robbery has been only partially examined in the psychiatric
literature. It has been publicly considered an act of men of strong will to
obtain money. According to the author's observations in a federal
penitentiary, bank robbery more often is a symptomatic act with
psychological meaning. The author describes several of the unconscious
motives and defense aspects of bank robbery in the hope that this will
assist in demythologizing the bank robber.
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