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criminal capital: a standalone construct

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Criminology

skills, knowledge and contacts specific to crime that raise an offender's success and earnings from illegal work.

In criminology, criminal capital refers to skills, knowledge and contacts specific to crime that raise an offender's success and earnings from illegal work. This meaning comes from McCarthy (2001) in Social Forces.[1]

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References

McCarthy, B., & Hagan, J. (2001). When Crime Pays: Capital, Competence, and Criminal Success. Social Forces, 79(3), 1035-1060. https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.2001.0027

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