Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 1,3, University of Toronto (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy), language: English, abstract: Discovering facilitating factors and mechanisms that drive people to law-breaking behavior is one of the most important and interesting questions of civilization. Techniques of neutralization is an interesting psychological phenomenon that might facilitate delinquent behavior. In this essay, I will describe the main idea, explain the different forms, and finally put the findings in a broader context.