Rationalizations or Neutralizations Invoked by White Collar Offenders Are Likely

question 111

Multiple Choice

Rationalizations or neutralizations invoked by white collar offenders are likely to include all but which of the following?

• A) Denial of responsibility for any intentional wrong-doing
• B) Denial of identifiable injury as a consequence of law-breaking
• C) Condemnation of condemners with the claim that the laws themselves are an unwarranted interference with free enterprise
• D) Condemnation of the application of civil as opposed to criminal laws to their activities

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