CRIME PAYS - AN INSIDE LOOK AT BURGLARS, CAR THIEVES, LOAN SHARKS, HIT MEN, FENCES, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN CRIME

• NCJ Number: 19668
• Author(s): T PLATE
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 220 pages
• Sale Source: Simon and Schuster
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

AN EXPOSE' OF CRIMINAL METHODS AND THE PROBLEMS, ECONOMICS, OPPORTUNITIES, DIFFICULTIES, AND THE DAILY ROUTINE OF CRIME AS A PROFESSION.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR ANSWERS QUESTIONS SUCH AS HOW DOES A BURGLAR PAY FOR HIS TOOLS; WHERE DOES ONE LEARN TO BE A PROFESSIONAL CAR THIEF AND HOW MUCH DOES A CAR THIEF MAKE; WHAT ARE THE OVERHEAD EXPENSES OF CRIMINALS; WHAT ARE THE MOST PROFITABLE CRIMES; WHAT ARE THE SAFEST CRIMES; HOW DOES ONE GET ON THE JOB TRAINING; AND HOW DOES ONE GET PROMOTED WITHIN THE CRIMINAL HIERARCHY.