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ERIC Number: EJ622067
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7732
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When Crime Pays: Capital, Competence, and Criminal Success.
McCarthy, Bill; Hagan, John
Social Forces, v79 n3 p1035-60 Mar 2001
Analysis of data from a panel study of homeless youth in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada, found that various elements of human and social capital previously associated with conventional business success also played important roles in criminal success. Predictors included desire for wealth, propensity for risk taking, willingness to cooperate, and social and mental competence. (Contains 72 references.) (SV)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Crime, Criminals, Disadvantaged Youth, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Interpersonal Competence, Social Attitudes, Social Capital, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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