This article presents evidences that suggest that criminals do not usually approve of delinquency. They end in the delinquency through certain“neutralization techniques”. Although they believe delinquency is bad, they say that their actions are justifiable for different types of reasons. These justifications are used before the deliquent action, making it possible by the neutralization of the individuals' beliefs that they are bad.
delinquency; learning; moral justifications; beliefs; neutralization techniques