Question

Frankie and Johnny stole a Corvette and drove it around town for a few hours to show off to their friends. After being caught by the police, they explained that they were only borrowing the car to have a little fun and that no one was harmed by their actions. Sykes and Matza termed this technique __________.

Answer 1

Answer: Denial of injury

Explanation:

Denial of injury is the term used in criminal cases where the actions of any criminal does not cause damage to victim of the case. As no hurt or harm is caused  to the victim, it is requested from criminal  that event shouldn't be counted as crime.

The crimes that are usually committed in this scenario are stealing, argument,unofficially borrowing etc.

According to the situation mentioned in question, Frankie and Johnny are using the denial of injury method as they state they only stole the car for driving and showing it off.They defended themselves by explaining that their act did not cause any injury to others when they were caught by police.