Overview
28. “The Devil Made Me Do It: Use of Neutralizations by Shoplifters,” Paul Cromwell and Quint Thurman
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Thoroughly summarize this article. I define a thorough summary to mean a minimum of three well developed paragraphs, with each paragraph being composed of a minimum of five sentences.
As part of your summary be certain to identify and define the techniques of neutralization. What do they allow potential deviants to do? Does this imply active or passive social actors? Be specific. Further, reflect upon two real-life instances in which you engaged in rule-breaking behavior of some sort and were caught and labeled. Did you find yourself using any of the techniques of neutralization? Specify.
If you are going to include a brief quote from the article use quotation marks, otherwise the words should be your own. Do not plagiarize or you will receive a zero.
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Required Text: Patricia A. Adler & Peter Adler, Constructions of Deviance: Social Power, Context, and Interaction, 8th ed. (2016). Wadsworth: Belmont, CA
28. “The Devil Made Me Do It: Use of Neutralizations by Shoplifters,” Paul Cromwell and Quint Thurman