SOC211H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Everybody Does It, Shoplifting, Larceny

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Chapter 27: the devil made me do it: use of neutralizations by shoplifters by: paul cromwell and quint thurman: sykes and matza theory was an elaboration of edwin sutherlands proposition that individuals can learn criminal techniques and the. Sykes and matza identified five techniques of neutralization commonly offered to justify deviant behaviour denial of responsibility, denial of injury, denial of the victim, condemning the condemners, and appeal to higher loyalties. Five additional neutralization techniques have since been identified which include: defence of necessity, metaphor of the ledger, denial of the necessity of the law, the claim that everybody else is doing it, and the claim of entitlement. Shoplifting a serious crime, 1 in every 10-15 people have shoplifted at one time or another, losses include 12-30 billion dollars. Shoplifting represents one of the most prevalent forms of larceny (theft of personal property) accounting approx. for 15% of all larcenies according to fbi. Shoplifters are basically similar to an average person.

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