Based on The Milgram Experiment by Stanley Milgram 1962

Question

1.Describe one example/scenario/illustration in which the findings from the study presented in the documentary on obedience to authority may be relevant to crime involvement (i.e., understanding why people commit certain types of crime). 

2.Describe one example/scenario/illustration in which the findings from the study presented in the documentary on obedience to authority may be relevant to crime involvement (i.e., understanding why people commit certain types of crime).  

Answer 1

Lt. Calley "just" following orders while committing mass murder of civilians in My Lai

Nazis in Germany "just' following orders to commit genocide

American officials engaged in torture of Muslim suspected terrorists in our Cuban prison

Lower level FBI agents ignoring Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, "just" following orders from higher up FBI leaders.

Catholics afraid to speak up, as priests molest altar bars and underage children, with the protection of bishops & cardinals.