Question

Ben, Ramon, and Elda are three teens from the Columbus, OH area. The three boys got in trouble for skipping school and for possession of stolen goods. They told their parents that they didn’t want to steal the items but their friends were doing it and they felt they needed to support their friends. This would most likely be explained by which subcomponent of techniques of neutralization?

Answer 1

Denial of responsibility.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the theory of neutralization by Matza, criminals deny responsibility when they say they do not act "freely" but by the influence of external factors (bad companies), that is, forces that are alien and are outside their own control. In this way, the subject deviates from the rules and the good morals, but without explicitly facing it.