Barry regularly shoplifts various items (DVDs, small appliances, toiletries) from big box stores (e.g., Wal-Mart). He feels some guilt after doing this but resolves these negative feelings by telling himself that corporations won’t miss the money and that the people who run them are often white-collar criminals themselves. These thoughts are an example of:
a. primary deviance.
b. techniques of neutralization.
c. low self-control.
d. an anomic state.
b. techniques of neutralization.
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