Cohen also looks at how the state denies and justifies their crimes.
he uses the work of Matza and Sykes (1957) who identify 'five nutralisation techniques'
1. Denial of victim; 'they are terrorists'
2. Denial of injury ; 'they're not the vicim , we are'
3.Denial of responsibility ; 'i was just doing my job'
4. condeming the condemmers ; ' they're just racist'
5. Appeal to higher loyalty ; ' we are defending the 'free world'
they don't give a clear picture of the events they offer a different version of events and seem justified
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