Narrative criminology (NC) studies the narratives of offenders, approaching them from a sociological and linguistic perspective. Psychosocial criminology (PSC), by contrast, applies the discoveries of psychoanalysis to criminology, following the British tradition of psychosocial studies, which approach social problems and crime as connected to the dimension of the unconscious. While both NC and PSC share an interest in crime narratives, they differ in the way in which they conceptualise the relationship between the subject and the stories told. In order to evaluate the possibility of using both approaches, we will try to highlight the differences and similarities between the two.