Abstract
Cohen and Machalek's (1988) evolutionary ecological theory of crime explains why obscure forms of predation can be the most lucrative. Sutherland explained that it is better to rob a bank at the point of a pen than of a gun. The US Savings and Loans scandal of the 1980s suggested 'the best way to rob a bank is to own one'. Lure constituted by the anomie of warfare and transition to capitalism in former Yugoslavia revealed that the best way to rob a bank is to control the regulatory system: that is, to control a central bank. This makes possible theft of all the people's money in a society. The criminological imagination must attune to anomie created by capitalism, and to the evolutionary ecology of lure.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 123-138 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2018 |