That, according to the study quote they may know it's morally wrong, but it's easier to justify when everyone is doing the same thing and when we see these impacts of these rationalizations on future offending behaviors as well, end quote. That according to the study author Cecilia Mengiri, who compared the dynamics of how violence spread throughout the mafia to become a contagion, end quote quote it's easy to be a tough guy when you've got a group of guys around you. They're like hyenas