A lot of criminals would make more with a real job. Sometimes it is cultural (having a real job is seen as weak). Sometimes the crime seems like it would make m

A lot of criminals would make more with a real job. Sometimes it is cultural (having a real job is seen as weak). Sometimes the crime seems like it would make more money than it actually does for the work input. I asked one 19-year-old defendant who had just been given a 30-year sentence for armed robbery with an AK-47 how much he actually got from the robbery? "$2000. $1000 for me, $1000 for my cousin." Ugh :(