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Title: Most Thieves Are Actually Really Bad at What They Do
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Swanson, Ana |
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Most Thieves Are Actually Really Bad at What They Do Washington Post, October 12, 2015, Wonkblog. Also: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/10/12/the-surprising-truth-about-how-many-of-us-are-actually-thieves/?utm_term=.26cd59c15767 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Crime Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. According to a new study of long-term data on theft, the typical story is one of bumbling teens, most of whom quickly grow out of their bad habits. Most thieves are active only for a short period of time and make very little money at it, economist Geoffrey Fain Williams of Transylvania University has found. In fact, theft looks not so much like a way of getting free stuff or money as a stage some people experience in adolescence -- and most grow out of. [News media article based on Williams, Geoffrey. "Property Crime: Investigating Career Patterns and Earnings." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 119 (November 2015): 124-138] |
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Swanson, Ana. "Most Thieves Are Actually Really Bad at What They Do." Washington Post, October 12, 2015, Wonkblog. |