then chiemsee and no. 3 sheets in order to keep up with a cheating stood no. 2. imagine a student going to and examine economics 101 and going to a multiple drawers question to which he has no clue. it would seem acceptable because he considers world dominance as his natural birthright and god- given destiny. [laughter] and so begins the process of rationalization and creative excuse-making, a process known as the neutralization deviance. in the 1950's, two sociologists studied juvenile delinquents to find out why they do the bad things they do. they discovered that the delinquents often realized that the laws they routinely break are correct and necessary. but they develop sophisticated rationale to excuse their own mischief. the researchers named five neutralization techniques that delinquent used to explain away their behavior and to protect themselves from guilt and self blame. the justifications are -- denial of responsibility. in this scenario, the delinquent believes that is deviant acts are the result of outside forces beyond his control, such as overbear