List and Describe the Five Techniques of Neutralization Identified by Sykes

question 14

Essay

List and describe the five techniques of neutralization identified by Sykes and Matza. Give an example of a situation in which you, someone you know, or someone you read about or heard about on the news used at least one of these rationalizations. Indicate which technique was used and the purpose it served. Why are techniques of neutralization so commonly used by individuals who engage in deviant behavior?

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Definitions:

Alcoholic Fermentation

A biological process in which sugars are converted into cellular energy, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide as by-products, primarily by yeasts.

Photosynthesis

Metabolic pathway by which most autotrophs use sunlight to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

Substrate-Level Phosphorylation

ATP formation by the transfer of a phosphate group from a phosphorylated molecule to ADP.