Sykes And Matza's Techniques Of Neutralization

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As the hacker interviews were conducted and information gathered, then the interviewees were categorized according to Sykes and Matza’s Techniques of Neutralization based on their responses. The age range was from 14-49, mostly all white males, and all from upper middle-class families. Only six had criminal records and five out of the six were related to a computer crime (Schmallenger, F., & Pitarro, N., 2008).

In addition qualitative techniques were utilized to categorize the interviewees as well for a more broad description of their dialogue. Some of the offenses that were committed by the hackers were in these three categories; hacking, software piracy, and phreaking. But in the end their actions and responses were defined by the Techniques of Neutralization to make it appear that they did not do anything wrong or with the intent to do harm. Here are some examples of the responses that were categorized as a neutralization technique (Schmallenger, F., & Pitarro, N., 2008). …show more content…
In one case an interviewee stated that he wrote a virus and sent it to someone whenever he wanted to retaliate against them without any remorse. He thought it was fun, exciting that he could tell the virus what to do, and he never meant to cause any harm. This was the denial of injury technique that was utilized by this hacker (Schmallenger, F., & Pitarro, N.,
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