Article about "innovation" hypothesis - that criminals get domesticated and only use crime as a social ladder. There is a very interesting comparison of Italia

Article about "innovation" hypothesis - that criminals get domesticated and only use crime as a social ladder. There is a very interesting comparison of Italian mafia and organized crime today. When read alongside Ianni, what is striking about Goffman’s book is not the cultural difference between being an Italian thug in the early part of the twentieth century and being an African-American thug today. It’s the role of law enforcement in each era. Chuck’s high-school education ended prematurely after he was convicted of aggravated assault in a schoolyard fight. Another boy called Chuck’s mother a crack whore, and he pushed his antagonist’s face into the snow. In a previous generation, this dispute would not have ended up in the legal system.