Which of the following techniques would one use to argue that one's behavior was a mistake or an accident?
A. the condemnation of the condemners
B. denial of responsibility
C. denial of victim
D. the appeal to higher loyalties
Ans: B. denial of responsibility
Explanation:
This is with regards to criminology, and may be a defense by a defendant who is facing trial, and in this view, the defendant may point that the crime was as a result of some outside pressures and forces, rather than their own will .
Such forces may include abuse by the parents, and pressure from their peers, and the idea is to get the judge to consider this and lessen the ruling
it may be admissible in court as a legal responsibility by the defendant
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