From spray-painting a stolen tractor-trailer in a hotel parking lot to live streaming an attempt at driving under the influence, there's never a shortage of"dumb" criminals in the news.
This week on Something Offbeat, Northwestern University criminology professor Kaitlin Devaney explains why some criminals make seemingly simple mistakes, what role the complexity of our criminal justice system plays, and how economics impact the cost-benefit analysis of crime.
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